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ADU Amnesty Program; Measure MM Class Action Lawsuit; Navigating Tenant Screening Law; Help with Positive Rent Payment Reporting; Rent Prices Soar in Wake of LA Fires; Hiring the Right Painter for Your Property; Coalition Corner; The Nuts & Bolts; Landlording with Mark; Monthly Event Calendar Continue Reading
What's inside? Governor's Executive Orders; Insurance Coverage Protections, 2025 Housing Outlooks; Landlord/Tenant Q&A, and more! Continue Reading
New Year's Resolutions for Landlords; Landlords Using AI to Raise Rents; Nuts & Bolts; Renting to Pet Owners is a Win; Landlording with Mark; Measure BB & Master Meter Properties Continue Reading
Measure BB Has Passed; Voters Pass Prop 34; Rents Up in SF, But Oakland Lags; The Nuts & Bolts; Landlording with Mark; EVs: Financial Incentives & Direct Metering; Editorial; Coalition Corner; Quote of the Month; Geography Quiz III; Monthly Events Calendar Continue Reading
Man Fined for *Not* Evicting Family; SF Plans For Rent Control Expansion; The Corporate Transparency Act Explained; Landlording With Mark; SF Vacancy Tax Ruled Unconstitutional: Proposition 33; Editorial; Coalition Corner: The Nuts & Bolts: Monthly Events; Quote of the Month Continue Reading
Council Sets New Encampment Policy; Eviction Ban Lawsuit Thrown Out; Housing/Homeless Bills Signed; CalRHA Legal Update; Oxford Street Highrise Approved; Ashby BART Housing Approved; Coalition Corner; The Nuts & Bolts; Landlording with Mark; Monthly Event Calendar Continue Reading
From Segregation to Upzoning; Federal Court Eviction Ban Ruling; New Oxford St. Dorm for UCB; CalRHA Legislative Update; Harris' Housing Policy Stances; Landlording with Mark; Why Many Californians Lose Evictions Before Trial; Real Estate Economics 102 Continue Reading
New Housing Demolition Rules in Berkeley; SF Supervisor Wants to Ban an Algorithm; Biden to Propose National Rent Cap; Free Lawyers for the Evicted in LA County; 2128 Oxford St. to Get 26-story Building; Editorial; Coalition Corner; Document Retention Guidelines; Landlording with Mark; CalRHA Continue Reading
In this issue: People's Park is a Go; Golden Gate Fields' Fate is Up in the Air; Local Renters Holding on to Homes for Years; Nicholas Kristof on Liberals & the West Coast; I Love SF But I Had to Leave; Editorial; Coalition Corner; the Nuts & Bolts; Event Calendar; Landlording with Mark Continue Reading
Oakland Rents see Steep Decline; 4-way Face-off Coming for District 4 Seat; Concord Rent Control Ordinance Takes Effect; Costa Hawkins Initiative Opposed by Top Dems; CalRHA Legislative Update; Berkeley Homeless/Unhoused Population Drops; Landlording with Mark; Editorial; Coalition Corner; Events Continue Reading
More on Potential Pet Law; SCOTUS Rules Against Exorbitant Impact Fees; Experts on Why Rent Control Doesn't Work; BRHC Submits Ballot Initiative Signatures; CalRHA Legislative Update; Report: New Insight on Small Multi-Family Properties; Landlording with Mark; Editorial; Coalition Corner; Events Continue Reading
We are pleased to offer our monthly print newsletter online in printable PDF format. You can easily view or print an additional copy of the latest issue by accessing the PDF file here: April 2024 Continue Reading
