Evidence that rent control is the wrong approach to solving California’s housing crisis continued to mount this week as CAA released a study by Beacon Economics.
The Beacon Economics report found that low-income tenants in cities with rent control are not likely to benefit from the policy as intended. ... 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