A federal judge sided with San Francisco in a
lawsuit challenging a law that makes it more difficult for landlords to
buy out tenants' leases. The San Francisco Apartment Association, a landlord group, claimed that Ordinance No. 255-14 violates landlords' rights...Click here to read full story
A new law requiring additional tenant notification on prior bed bug infestations. The disclosure requirement took effect for new tenants July 1 and will apply to existing tenants Jan. 1. It requires landlords to provide tenant with a bed bug history of the apartment while prohibiting them from “showing, renting, or leasing a vacant dwelling unit that the landlord knows has a bed bug infestation.” Full text of legislation can be viewed at: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB551