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More Than a Mansion Tax: L.A.’s Measure ULA Will Address the City’s Housing Crisis

Los Angeles’ United to House LA Measure (Measure ULA), enacted by city voters in November 2022, implements a significant new transfer tax on high-value real estate transfers or sales throughout the city of Los Angeles....more

Ban on Short-Term Rentals Required Coastal Commission Approval

The Court of Appeal held that absent a distinction between short- and long-term rentals, both are permitted under city zoning ordinances, and any ban on short-term rentals that changes the status quo is an amendment that...more

California Governor Newsom Extends Flexibility to Hold Virtual Public Meetings

As part of a series of emergency measures in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Governor Newsom signed Executive Order N-29-20, allowing local and state agencies to hold virtual meetings via teleconference and to make...more

California Governor Extends Flexibility to Hold Public Meetings Virtually

In March 2020, as part of a series of emergency measures in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Governor Newsom signed Executive Order N-29-20, allowing local and state agencies to hold virtual meetings via teleconference and...more

CDC Temporarily Halts Certain Residential Evictions

In the wake of the July 24 expiration of the 120-day moratorium on residential evictions in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES), the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) issued an order (CDC order)...more

California Urgency Legislation (SB-939) May Significantly Affect Commercial Rent Obligations and Lease Termination Rights

On Friday, May 22, 2020, the California Senate Judiciary Committee voted in favor of an amended version of SB-939, which would limit the rights of many commercial landlords to enforce certain provisions of their leases. The...more

Bay Area Counties Relax Restriction on Construction and Other Low-Risk Activities

The six Bay Area counties that led the way in requiring their citizens to shelter in place on March 16 and again on March 31—Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Francisco, San Mateo, and Santa Clara—issued new orders on April...more

California’s “Safer-at-Home” Order Permits Many Construction Projects to Continue

On March 18, 2020, we authored an update regarding housing construction under the shelter-in-place orders jointly issued by six Bay Area counties—Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Francisco, San Mateo, and Santa...more

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