Earlier this month, the City of San Francisco implemented the first iteration of its Community Opportunity to Purchase Act, which gives six qualified non-profits the right of first offer and/or first refusal in transactions of multi-family residential properties (defined as…
Updated OCTOBER 8, 2019 — With his signature on Assembly Bill 1482 today, Governor Newsom has officially made California just the second state (and by far the largest) in the nation to enact state-wide rent control and just cause for…
The Alameda City Council voted this week to adopt an urgency ordinance—effective immediately—that will provide "just cause" protections to Section 8 renters and set new rules for owner move-in evictions, relocation payments, and buyout agreements. If you own property in…
Accessory dwelling units (or ADUs for short) have become one of the more popular solutions to the California housing shortage. A slew of new ADU bills could be heading to the Governor as soon as next week and would make…
A San Jose landlord is being sued after evicting tenants in 4 different units under the claim of owner move-ins for her and her family members which never happened. She claims her father's medical problems got in the way. Now…
An Oakland couple who paid nearly $7,000 to move back into their home after military assignment is challenging the city's Relocation Payment Ordinance on grounds that it amounts to an illegal seizure of property under the Fifth Amendment. A U.S.…
As we reported last month, the Oakland City Council voted on July 9, 2019 to adopt a new point-of-sale ordinance that requires either the buyer or seller to hire a licensed contractor to inspect the sidewalk in front of their property…
The First District Court of Appeal has decided not to hear the case involving a tenant who became the first person to beat an Ellis Act eviction at jury trial, after her landlord challenged the affirmation by the San Francisco…
As anticipated, Plaintiff Jonathan Owens filed an appeal earlier this month with California's First District Court of Appeal on the ruling by the Alameda County Superior Court (RG18914638) that his single-family home is subject to the City of Oakland's Rent Adjustment Program (RAP) despite…
In response to concerns that the Bay Area's housing shortage is making it harder for Section 8 voucher holders to compete in the rental-applicant pool, The Oakland City Council passed the Equitable Access to Low-Income Housing (EQUAL) Ordinance this week…