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How To Protect Your Tenants From Smokey Environments Caused by Wildfires
By ACC Environmental Consultants, Inc. How do wildfires affect the Indoor Air Quality of my building? Wildfire smoke is primarily made up of carbon dioxide, water vapor, carbon monoxide, hydrocarbons and particulate matter. Partic...
TIPS TO PREPARE FOR A WET SEASON
Tips to Prepare for a Wet Season Interview with Mark Sanchez, CAC, CHMM, CA/DPH, President of ACC Water intrusion happens, whether it's from a heavy rain, flood or plumbing malfunction, when it occurs it's important to know how to respond t...
LANDLORDS FINED $2.25 MILLION FOR RUNNING ILLEGAL AIRBNB APARTMENT RENTALS
By Editors, Rental Housing Journal Two landlords who own 17 buildings have been fined $2.25 million in penalties and investigation costs after unlawfully renting out 14 apartments on Airbnb, according to a release. San Francisco City Atto...JANUARY 2019 – LOCAL GOVERNMENT UPDATE
By Janet Gagnon, Director, Government Affairs and External Relations via AAGLA On November 20, the County of Los Angeles' Board of Supervisors voted 4 to 1 to pass an interim rent "freeze" ordinance with only Supervisor Barger opposing it. T...RENTAL PROPERTY OWNERS SUE CITY OF OAKLAND
Update via AAGLA Lyndsey and Sharon Ballinger filed a lawsuit against the City of Oakland to challenge the constitutionality of the city's ordinance that requires payment of relocation payments to renters before owners can repossess their pr...NEW RESIDENT MANAGER LAWS FOR 2019
By Dale Alberstone, Esq., via AOA "...Failure to comply with the new 2019 California Statewide wage, hour and rent laws can be financially devastating as it is commonplace for lawyers representing resident managers to sue for, or at least th...CALIFORNIA VOTERS REJECTED PROP 10, BUT RENT CONTROL ADVOCATES SAY FIGHT ISN’T OVER
By Dennis Lynch The resounding defeat of Proposition 10 has hardly silenced the debate over solutions to California’s housing crisis. But voters’ rejection of the measure says that rent control probably won’t be part of that discussion...LOCAL GOVERNMENT UPDATE – NOVEMBER 2018
By Janet Gagnon, Director, Government Affairs and External Relations via AAGLA Los Angeles County: Rent Freeze - On September 11, 2018, the County of Los Angeles’ Board of Supervisors passed a motion to establish a rent freeze ordinance li...