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production and regional housing needs.
• Assembly Bill 2383. (Jones Sawyer) “Ban the Box in Rental Applications” - Would make it an unlawful housing practice for the owner of a rental housing accommodation or business establishment to inquire about or require an applicant for a rental housing accommodation to disclose, a criminal record during the initial application assessment phase. (Note: Owner has 5 days to notify of denial an applicant given 3 days to appeal.)
• Assembly Bill 2597. (Bloom) This bill would require for the next edition of the California Building Standards Code adopted after January 1, 2023, to adopt mandatory building standards for the lack of cooling as a substandard condition for human habitation to ensure safe indoor ambient air temperature in dwelling units.
• 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. This bill would also make a landlord or agent liable to the tenant for actual damages and, except as specified, a civil penalty of not less than $100 and more than $5,000 in a civil action for violation of these provisions.
• Senate Bill 1026. (Wieckowski) Residential Energy Efficiency Disclosure. This bill would require the commission and the Department of Housing and Community Development to prepare a residential energy efficiency disclosure statement form for landlords and other lessors of residential properties to use to disclose to tenants and lessees’ information about the energy efficiency of the property. This bill would require a landlord to provide to potential tenants who pay for an energy supply or include specified information in the application for the residential property the residential energy disclosure statement.
• Senate Bill 1335. (Eggman) This bill would prohibit the use of a person’s credit history as part of the application process for rental housing without offering the applicant the option of providing alternative evidence of financial responsibility and ability to pay as the applicant may choose to submit when there is a government rent subsidy.
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