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The Sacramento Update
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the property from a qualified entity. The bill would also allow a property owner to reject any offer received from a qualified entity and sell to a party that is not a qualified entity but would provide a qualified entity that submits a rejected offer with 10 days to invoke a right of first refusal to accept a subsequent offer accepted by the property owner, as specified. OPPOSED
• Assembly Bill 2713. (Wicks, Bloom and Grayson) This bill would revise owner occupy just-cause termination to good faith intent to occupy by the owner or owner’s spouse, domestic partner, children, grandchildren, parents, or grandparents for at least 3 consecutive years. The bill would prohibit an owner from terminating a tenancy if the owner or relative already occupies a unit at the property or if there is a vacancy at the property. OPPOSED
• Senate Bill 843. (Glazer) Increases the renter’s credit for the first time since 1979 and reform the credit to give more help to single parents and the most vulnerable Californians. SUPPORT
• Senate Bill 847. (Hurtado) “COVID-19 Rent Relief: Grant Program” - Would create a grant program for landlords who received a negative decision or no response within 20 days – for “Tier 1” applicants (e.g., not corporation, non-REIT, and non-LLC). SUPPORT
• Senate Bill 897. (Weickowski) “ADU Height Limits” – (Original proposal was to increase height limit from 16 to 25 feet). Now requires that the standards imposed on ADUs be objective and defines “objective standard” as subjective judgment by a public official and is uniformly verifiable. Also, requires a local agency to issue a demolition permit for a detached garage
replaced by an ADU at the same time. SUPPORT
• Senate Bill 1017. (Eggman) Prohibits a landlord from terminating or failing to renew a tenancy based on an act of abuse or violence of tenant, immediate family member, or member of tenant household. Also allows a landlord to terminate or refuse to renew a tenancy if the tenant voluntarily permits to the presence of the perpetrator of abuse or violence. Also sets forth specific requirements for unlawful detainer proceedings. OPPOSED
• Senate Bill 1133. (Archuleta) “Price Gouging: State of Emergency: Specified Housing Exclusion” - The bill would also exclude specified categories of housing from these provisions, including housing that was issued a certificate of occupancy for residential use within the 3 months preceding a proclamation of a state of emergency or declaration of local emergency or within the duration of the proclamation or declaration. SUPPORT
• Senate Bill 1335. (Eggman) Would make a person’s credit history a prohibited basis for those forms of housing discrimination when the person receives federal, state, or local housing subsidies, as specified. OPPOSED
Rent Assistance Update
The state rent assistance application portal at Housing is Key is now closed as of March 31, 2022, and as of the date of this writing (beginning of April, 2022), approximately $2.6 billion had been paid out in rental assistance throughout the state. For more information on the rental assistance program, please visit the Housing is Key website at https:// housing.ca.gov/.
Kate Bell, the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Kate Bell Strategies was most recently a Partner of Capitol Advocacy, which is ranked among California’s top lobbying firms. Ms. Bell’s firm specializes in lobbying, strategic planning, coalition building, budget advocacy, procurement, and political involvement. Kate Bell Strategies and Capitol Advocacy represent the interests of the Apartment Association of Greater Los Angeles through its affiliation with the California Rental Housing Association. Both firms are based in Sacramento. For more information, please visit www.katebellstrategies.com
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