Author Archive

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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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May 2019 – Local Government Update

By Danielle Lender-Peretz, Esq., Director, Government Affairs & External Relations, AAGLA “…Los Angeles County - Extension of Rent Freeze, Just Cause Eviction, and infrastructure for Permanent Rent Control…on Tuesday, April 10th the ...

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May 2019 – Building Owners Dragging Their Feet on Seismic Retrofit Law

By Ali Sahabi, Optimum Seismic via AAGLA “It’s been three years since the City of Los Angeles started sending out orders requiring seismic retrofitting of vulnerable soft story and non-ductile concrete buildings. Soft-Story property owne...

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May 2019 – Sounding the Alarm: A New “Split Roll” Initiative Threatens Businesses and Jobs in California

By Susan Shelley, Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association via AAGLA Ever since Proposition 13 was passed with the support of nearly two-thirds of California votes in 1978, “reforming” Proposition 13 has been a high priority for the state�...

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MAY 14 2019 – EVENT – AVOIDING THE LIABILITY OF TRADITIONAL TENANT SCREENING

Join Scott Properties Group and the Apartment Investors Club on May 14th, 630-830pm in Long Beach! Topic: Avoiding the Liability of Traditional Tenant Screening.  

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APRIL 2019 – LOS ANGELES CITY COUNCIL VOTES TO MOVE FORWARD WITH NEW PROTECTIONS FOR SECTION 8 RENTERS

By Karen Jordan, CoStar, via AAGLA Los Angeles landlords may no longer be able to turn away renters who have Section 8 subsidized-housing vouchers, the latest municipality to take such a step in hopes of addressing the rising cost of housing...

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