It seems like year-after-year, attempts are made to reform or repeal California’s rent control regulations, namely the Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act (Civ. Code §§ 1954.50 et seq.) (Costa-Hawkins Act). 2024 has proven to be...more
4/24/2024
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California ,
Housing Market ,
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Leases ,
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According to the Public Policy Institute of California, a non-profit, non-partisan think tank, California is facing a jaw-dropping 3.5 million unit housing deficient for the current population. This despite several...more
Acting in one fell swoop, on September 18, 2022, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed 10 cannabis-related legislative bills into law. These bills, which touch on issues that run the gamut of the cannabis industry, are...more
9/21/2022
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Cannabis Products ,
Cannabis-Related Businesses (CRBs) ,
Governor Newsom ,
Interstate Commerce ,
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Marijuana ,
Marijuana Related Businesses ,
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For many in the cannabis industry, April 1, 2022 is seen as a day of reckoning following the July 2021 passage of Assembly Bill 141 and Senate Bill 160 (collectively, the Cannabis Trailer Bill)...more
4/12/2022
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California ,
Cannabis Products ,
Cannabis-Related Businesses (CRBs) ,
CEQA ,
Compliance ,
Licensing Rules ,
Marijuana ,
Marijuana Related Businesses ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
State and Local Government ,
State Legislatures
On September 16th, hot off the heels of surviving California’s latest recall effort, Governor Gavin Newsom signed legislation aimed at addressing the statewide housing crisis – a critical topic leading up to last week’s...more
Effective February 1, 2021, the California Legislature and Governor Gavin Newsom approved Senate Bill (“SB”) 91 – Eviction Protection and Relief Act in further response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. In essence, SB 91...more
2/10/2021
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Eviction ,
Extensions ,
Foreclosure ,
Governor Cuomo ,
Homeowners ,
Landlords ,
Moratorium ,
New Legislation ,
Property Owners ,
Re-Opening Guidelines ,
Rental Assistance Programs ,
State and Local Government ,
State Legislatures ,
Tenants
During the eleventh hour of the 2020 legislative session, the California Legislature approved 2 significant bills in response to the COVID-19 pandemic with the potential to have far-reaching ramifications for mortgage...more
9/30/2020
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Documentation ,
Eviction ,
Financial Distress ,
Homeowners ,
Landlords ,
Local Ordinance ,
Mortgage Servicers ,
Penalties ,
Rent ,
Rental Property ,
State and Local Government ,
State Legislatures ,
Tenants
In the fourth quarter of 2019, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law a package of housing-related legislation that included 18 individual bills. Within this package, there were a significant number of important...more
1/10/2020
/ Affordable Housing ,
Eviction ,
Exemptions ,
Governor Newsom ,
Just Cause ,
Lease Term ,
New Legislation ,
Rent Control ,
Rent Increases ,
Residential Leases ,
State Legislatures ,
Tenant Protection Acts ,
Tenants