82% of Southern California tenants pay June rent on time

Merced Property Management

Eight of every 10 Southern California tenants with a rent check due paid on time in June, U.S. Census data show. Responses to the Census Bureau’s latest “pulse survey” for the region show 82% of those answering the survey question, “Did you pay your last month’s rent on time,” said yes. Thirteen percent said during…

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Vote planned to end California’s eviction ban

A statewide moratorium on evicting tenants during the coronavirus pandemic could end in the next 2 ½ weeks, triggering what some fear could be “a wave of evictions” unless lawmakers reinstate the ban. California Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye, who chairs the state Judicial Council, announced Friday, July 24, that she plans to hold a vote…

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AB 2406 – California Rental Registry Bill Is Defeated

Are Multi-Family Rental Properties Better Than Single Family Rentals?

California landlords received good news last week when the California Apartment Association (CAA) revealed that they were successful in defeating AB 2406, stopping it from becoming law. If passed, this bill would have set the wheels in motion to create a statewide rental registry, and worse yet, it would also have targeted landlords who received…

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What Is the Rental Affordability Act?

There’s no doubt that the rental market in California has been hit hard over the last 2 years with that 2018 attempt to repeal Costa Hawkins, state-wide rent control, Coronavirus, and now another attempt to repeal Costa Hawkins with the Rental Affordability Act. What is the Rental Affordability Act? It’s the latest bill by lawmakers…

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State-Level Rent Relief Update

Central Valley Property Manager

As state and local governments act to address the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic, relief for renters impacted by the coronavirus has come from both state and local policymakers.  In previous posts, we covered San Francisco’s and San Diego’s efforts to temporarily ban evicting residential and commercial tenants impacted by COVID-19.  In this post, we explain…

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