Author Archive
July 2019 – Proposition 65 Update: New Safe Harbor Warnings Required for California’s Rental Housing
By Jamie Sternberg, Esq., via AAGLA Recent changes to Proposition 65’s “safe harbor” warning guidelines may impact residential rental property owners. Effective July 1, 2019, new Sections 25607.34 and 25607.345 will become effective. T...
July 2019 – Local Government Update
By Danielle Lender-Peretz, Esq. Director, Government Affairs & External Relations, via AAGLA This month has been active for local city councils with the advancement of the following discussions and/or ordinances related to “right to counse...
July 2019 – Culver City’s Housing Challenges
By Leonardo Wilborn, via AAGLA Culver City is the “new ground zero for multimedia and digital production” states economist and researcher, Christopher Thornberg, the founding partner of Beacon Economics. To understand why the cost of hou...
July 2019 – Fair Housing
By Lynn Dover, Esq., Kimball, Tirey & St. John LLP, via AAGLA Question: How many protected classes are there in California? Answer: In addition to the seven federal protected classes (race, color, religion, national origin, sex, familia...
June 2019 – TOP FIVE APARTMENT MAILBOX UPGRADE MISTAKES
By Jim McBurney, via Apartment Owner’s Association (AOA) Few apartment owners or property managers realize that it’s not possible to replace their mailboxes by searching online for equipment [that looks like what’s there now] and order...
June 2019 – LOCAL GOVERNMENT UPDATE
By Danielle Leidner-Peretz, Esq. Director, Government Affairs and External Relations, AAGLA This month’s update reflects the discussions and issues that have advanced related to rent control, tenant relocation benefits, tenant anti-harassm...
June 2019 – THE COMPLEXITIES OF CALIFORNIA’S AFFORDABLE HOUSING ISSUES
By Hon. Roderick Wright via AAGLA Housing in California, particularly the lack of affordable housing is a complex issue. Like most social problems, there are numerous causes and villains. The solutions are usually simple, but the political w...
May 2019 – California’s New Balcony Inspection Law
By Shari Fykes, Client Manager via AAGLA On June 16, 2015, six people died, and seven others were injured in a tragic residential balcony collapse in Berkeley, California. Structural analysis revealed that the wood framing of the balcony was...