I heard a rumor two weeks ago that a number of 60-day notices to raise rents went out to Santa Rosa tenants even while the wildfires were still burning. Santa Rosa has no rent control. Santa Rosa’s City Council had passed a rent and eviction control ordinance in...
The California Apartment Association (CAA), a trade group of landlords, announced on May 5th they will suspend their legal challenges to two approved rent control measures. Last November, rent control measures were on the ballot in five cities. Only those in Richmond...
Richmond’s rent control is under attack by the California Apartment Association. The first strike came on January 6th, when the California Apartment Association filed a lawsuit against the City of Richmond over the rent control measure, which went into effect this...
There’s been a bunch of articles recently touting the improved rental market in San Francisco and other cities in the Bay Area. “Winter Continues to Cool Off San Francisco’s Rental Market,” claims SFCurbed. “S.F. Rents Down More Than Any Other Large U.S. City,” states...
If you didn’t like the results of the presidential election, there still might be a bright spot for you as a tenant. Five Bay Area cities had tenant rent control measures on the ballot last Tuesday. All of these measures were created through voters collecting enough...
Neil Hutchinson is my client. His landlord increased his rent from $1,800 to $8,000 per month. That’s a rent increase of more than 400%. In all my years as an attorney fighting for tenants, I have never seen such a steep rent hike. Neil lives in an apartment in North...
