AB 1482 – California Globe

Statewide Rent Control Expansion Proposition Gets Enough Verified Signatures for 2024 Ballot

July 28, 2023 6:22 pmJuly 28, 2023 6:22 pm

California Secretary of State Shirley Weber announced on Thursday that enough signatures have been verified to place a statewide rent control expansion bill on the November 2024 ballot. Currently, only California and Oregon have statewide rent control laws on the...

San Francisco Board of Supervisors Votes To Give 10-Day Warning Period For About-To-Be Evicted Tenants

January 28, 2022 2:16 amJanuary 28, 2022 6:21 am

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors unanimously voted in favor of an ordinance on Wednesday that would require all landlords within the city to give all tenants facing eviction a 10-day warning period in order to have time to fix...

Rent Control Proposition Officially Makes the 2020 November Ballot

February 5, 2020 2:36 pmFebruary 6, 2020 9:22 am

‘This is making sure we can afford rising utility and property tax costs. Maintenance prices are also going up.’ ~ San Diego Landlord Statewide rent control is heading back to the ballot in California in November. The ‘Rental Affordability...

New Rent Cap Law Fails To Protect Recently Built Granny Flats

December 28, 2019 2:29 amDecember 28, 2019 8:46 am

AB 1482, which will set rent caps and remove no-cause eviction in California, is set to come into law starting January 1st. While most renter and landlord groups have grudgingly agreed to the compromise law, one set of renters have...

As Housing Bills Collapse, Talk of Ballot Initiative Grows Louder

November 21, 2019 2:15 amNovember 21, 2019 1:48 pm

Governor Newsom has deemed California’s housing shortage to be a top priority. Last week, he convened the heads of more than a dozen top California-based companies to bring the private sector to the table in search of solutions to a...

California Cities Find Themselves In An Eviction Crunch Less Than Two Months Before AB 1482 Begins

November 19, 2019 2:15 amNovember 20, 2019 11:51 am

In September, Assembly Bill 1482 was passed and signed into law by Governor Gavin Newsom. Authored by Assemblymen David Chiu (D-San Francisco), Rob Bonta (D-Oakland), Timothy Grayson (D-Concord), and Assemblywoman Buffy Wicks (D-Oakland), AB 1482 puts a cap on annual...

No-Fault Evictions Become Illegal In Los Angeles

October 23, 2019 1:46 pmOctober 24, 2019 9:01 am

The Los Angeles City Council voted for a temporary emergency halt of no-fault evictions citywide on Tuesday. The City Council heard hours of testimony from renters whose rents have shot up dramatically for no given reason, and are now being...