New California Security Deposit Law Takes Effect Today, July 1, a new California law is now in effect limiting security deposits to one month's rent for both furnished and unfurnished units. This legislation, AB 12 by Assemblyman Matt Haney, D-San Francisco, was signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom in...
Apartment Owners Fighting New LA Rent Laws The Apartment Association of Greater Los Angeles (“AAGLA”) filed a lawsuit against the City of Los Angeles in order to stop LA’s enforcement of two renter protection ordinances: Ordinance No. 187763 requiring at least one month of past due rent before the landlord...
Los Angeles City - Permanent Residential Renter Protections after COVID On April 3rd LA extended as permanent some of the COVID renter protections and enacted new ones.[1] Landlords can evict for at-fault reasons, which are included in the LA Housing reference list[2], as well as some no-fault reasons[3]; but cannot...