Supervisor Sandra Fewer The brainchild of lame-duck Supervisor Sandra Fewer, San Francisco’s new “Housing Inventory” law will require San Francisco landlords to submit details such as occupancy status and rental rates to the city on an annual basis. “By...
Since 2010, over 650,000 Californians have received a tax break that allowed them to maintain tax breaks when they inherited a home. With the passage of Prop 19, that will no longer be the case for many. So why was Prop 19 a good idea, and why did the California...
The “Corporate Transparency Act” that was signed into law on January 1, 2021 has as one of its key provisions the elimination of anonymous ownership of properties through Limited Liability Corporations (LLCs). The new law aims to make it harder to use real estate...
On August 31, 2020, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed AB-3088, enacting the COVID-19 Tenant Relief Act of 2020. Among other things, this legislations affects the rights of landlords to collect unpaid rent from residential tenants, while extending relief to...
During the Great Recession of 2008, many rental units emptied out, as they have during the COVID-19 crisis. And then, as now, we advised owners to make improvements while the units sat empty. Those that followed that advice came out ahead in the long-term. It...
Photo: Christopher Michel via Flickr / Creative Commons License The San Francisco Apartment Association, San Francisco Association of Realtors, Coalition for Better Housing and Small Property Owners of San Francisco Institute have filed suit seeking a temporary...
