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District 99 Aulani – May 2023

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May 2023
From the desk of:

Darnella Aulani

TREASURER, DISTRICT 99 LIAISON
EMAIL: [email protected]  |  TEL: (925) 207-8211

Dear Friend and Fellow-Member,

GREETINGS from your CCAR Board leadership! Last week, a group of us spent some time in Sacramento, celebrating our annual Legislative Day where we had the opportunity to meet with legislators and discuss important real estate related issues facing our industry at the State level. This week, we’re in Washington, D.C., talking to Federal legislators on your behalf.   

Below, we’ve pulled together some information on important issues facing us this year, and encourage you to join together with us (CCAR, C.A.R. and NAR) as we work to protect your real estate businesses and homeownership rights in California and the Nation. 

Feel free to contact me directly if you have questions, or concerns (contact information is listed above).

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District 99 Wright – May 2023

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May 2023
From the desk of:

Tyra Wright

PRESIDENT-ELECT, DISTRICT 99 LIAISON
EMAIL: [email protected]  |  TEL: (510) 816-6754

Dear Friend and Fellow-Member,

GREETINGS from your CCAR Board leadership! Last week, a group of us spent some time in Sacramento, celebrating our annual Legislative Day where we had the opportunity to meet with legislators and discuss important real estate related issues facing our industry at the State level. This week, we’re in Washington, D.C., talking to Federal legislators on your behalf.   

Below, we’ve pulled together some information on important issues facing us this year, and encourage you to join together with us (CCAR, C.A.R. and NAR) as we work to protect your real estate businesses and homeownership rights in California and the Nation. 

Feel free to contact me directly if you have questions, or concerns (contact information is listed above).

We Need You! Help Us Reach Our Goal: 21%

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Help us reach our CCAR RAF goal of 21% participation. Contributions can be as little as $20. Your return on investment will be priceless.

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TOP NEWS:

UPCOMING COURSES & EVENTS:

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The REALTOR® ACTION FUND supports political activities at the local, state and national levels. It provides the financial resources needed to advocate for policies which protect property rights and REALTORS® ability to effectively conduct business.

View the REALTOR® Action Fund Metrics page to see, in real-time, how CCAR members are supporting RAF and how you can participate.

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District 99 Mackey – May 2023

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May 2023
From the desk of:

Debi Mackey

PAST-PRESIDENT, DISTRICT 99 LIAISON
EMAIL: [email protected]  |  TEL: (925) 681-3324

Dear Friend and Fellow-Member,

GREETINGS from your CCAR Board leadership! Last week, a group of us spent some time in Sacramento, celebrating our annual Legislative Day where we had the opportunity to meet with legislators and discuss important real estate related issues facing our industry at the State level. This week, we’re in Washington, D.C., talking to Federal legislators on your behalf.   

Below, we’ve pulled together some information on important issues facing us this year, and encourage you to join together with us (CCAR, C.A.R. and NAR) as we work to protect your real estate businesses and homeownership rights in California and the Nation. 

Feel free to contact me directly if you have questions, or concerns (contact information is listed above).

We Need You! Help Us Reach Our Goal: 21%

RAF contributions meter

Help us reach our CCAR RAF goal of 21% participation. Contributions can be as little as $20. Your return on investment will be priceless.

DONATE

TOP NEWS:

UPCOMING COURSES & EVENTS:

View CCAR Calendar >

The REALTOR® ACTION FUND supports political activities at the local, state and national levels. It provides the financial resources needed to advocate for policies which protect property rights and REALTORS® ability to effectively conduct business.

View the REALTOR® Action Fund Metrics page to see, in real-time, how CCAR members are supporting RAF and how you can participate.

CCAR ANNUAL SPONSORS

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CA Housing Bills 2023

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California Housing Legislation Highlights – April 2023

Categories

–  Accessory Dwelling Units

–  Affordable Housing: Property Tax

–  Affordable Housing Streamlining

–  Ballot Measures

–  Enforcement of Housing Laws

–  Farmworker Housing

–  Faster Approvals

–  Funding

–  General Plan Housing Elements

–  Homeownership

–  Homelessness

–  Mobile Homes, Manufactured Housing

–  Parking

–  Preserving Affordable Housing

–  Public Land

–  Re-Entry Housing for Released Prisoners

–  Removing Tenant Protections

–  Senior Housing

–  Social Housing

–  Student & School Employee Housing

–  Tenant Applications/Fair Housing

–  Tenant Protections

–  Tribal Housing

–  Upzoning

–  Utilities and emergency preparedness

–  Veterans

–  Youth

Click on any Assembly or Senate Bill number below to view official legislation text. 

 C.A.R. OPPOSING = RED  |  C.A.R. CO-SPONSORING = BLUE  |  C.A.R. SUPPORTING = PURPLE

ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS

AB 671  |  Community land trusts can build and sell ADU, Junior ADU and house to three separate households.

AB 976  |  Extends law that allows ADU even if house is rented.

AB 1033  |  Anyone can buy ADU separate from the house.

AB 1332  |  Requires cities and counties to have pre-approved ADU plans.

AB 1661  |  Allows new ADUs to share electric & gas meter with house.

AFFORDABLE HOUSING: PROPERTY TAX

AB 84  |  Property tax exemptions for land owned by nonprofit but not yet built on, as well as units where tenant income has increased.

AB 430  |  Expands tax exemption for community land trusts.

SB 588  |  Removes cap on amount of assessed value that can be exempt from property tax.

AB 926  |  Tax reduction for businesses that provide housing for low, moderate income, and homeless employees.

AB 1492  |  Allows a partial tax exemption for mixed income buildings owned by a nonprofit, proportional to the number of affordable units in the building.

AFFORDABLE HOUSING: STREAMLINING

SB 4  |  Faster approvals for low income housing on land owned by colleges or religious organizations.

SB 406  |  CEQA exemption for local agencies to spend money on low and moderate income housing.

SB 439  |  Allows easier dismissal of lawsuits against affordable housing.

SB 469  |  Removes local barriers to building affordable housing for projects receiving tax credit funding.

AB 785  |  Extends LA affordable housing CEQA exemption.

AB 1449  |  Affordable housing CEQA exemption.

AB 1490  |  Adaptive reuse of nonresidential buildings for low income housing, streamlined approvals and fee exemptions.

BALLOT MEASURES

ACA 1  |  Lowers the pass threshold from 2/3 to 55% for local measures for housing or infrastructure funding.

ACA 10  |  Creates fundamental Right-to-Housing in CA constitution.

SB 834  |  $25 billion affordable housing bond.

AB 1657  |  Affordable housing bond (amount TBD).

ENFORCEMENT OF HOUSING LAWS

AB 1485  |  Expands Attorney General’s ability to enforce housing laws.

AB 1633  |  Bans cities from delaying housing by not issuing CEQA exemptions.

FARM WORKER HOUSING

SB 547  |  District ag associations can build & run affordable housing.

AB 1439  |  Increase priority for farmworker housing for housing funding.

FASTER APPROVALS

SB 239  |  Limits filing of CEQA lawsuits: only Attorney General can file.

SB 270  |  Extends CEQA exemption in cities’ Housing Sustainability Districts.

AB 356  |  Makes permanent that aesthetic impacts are not considered significant.

SB 393  |  Discloses who is funding CEQA lawsuits, also exempts projects part of a larger approved plan.

SB 423  |  Faster approvals in cities and counties that have not built enough.

SB 450  |  Faster approvals and fewer restrictions.

SB 684  |  Faster approvals for projects with up to 10 houses.

SB 736  |  Simplifies/speeds up building permit process.

SB 794  |  Resolves CEQA appeals for most big projects in 1 year, also discloses who is funding CEQA appeal lawsuits.

AB 978  |  Requires posting a $500,000 bond to file a CEQA appeal lawsuit against housing.

AB 1114  |  Bans rejecting building permits for housing that complies with the building code. Only SF does this.

AB 1532  |  Faster approvals and lower fees for office to housing conversions.

FUNDING

SB 20  |  Allows multiple cities to create a regional housing fund to build affordable housing.

AB 287  |  Prioritizes funding for dense urban areas.

SB 341  |  Allows affordable housing developers to access competitive state funding even if the local city is NIMBY and is out of compliance with state law.

AB 346  |  More flexible funding allocation for LIHTC.

SB 482  |  Operating reserves for supportive housing.

AB 515  |  Allow prepayment of loans for housing under the Multifamily Housing Program.

AB 519  |  Consolidated funding application.

AB 578  |  Limits loan payment costs for permanent supportive housing in the No Place Like Home program.

AB 901  |  Allows creation of Affordable Housing Financing Districts that uses taxes from that district for housing.

AB 930  |  Allows creation of RISE districts that use taxes from that district for housing and infrastructure.

AB 1053  |  Expands state loan program to cover construction loans, in addition to regular loans.

AB 1319  |  Expands what BAHFA, the Bay Area Housing Finance Agency, can do, also exempts its projects from CEQA.

GENERAL PLAN HOUSING ELEMENTS

SB 405  |  Sites can only count towards city’s housing goals if owner can confirm that they plan to build housing.

AB 529  |  Incentive to convert or replace commercial buildings to housing.

SB 576  |  Ban buildings over 3 floors within 5 miles of a military installation.

HOMEOWNERSHIP

AB 323  |  Gives individuals priority before nonprofits for buying affordable ownership unites in a mixed-income development.

AB 572  |  Limits HOA fee increases to 5% per year for affordable ownership units.

AB 717  |  Inheritance planning education for first-time home buyers.

AB 919  |  Gives tenants and nonprofits time to make an offer when building is sold.

AB 1043  |  Rules to protect homeowners from shady foreclosure consultants.

AB 1508  |  Sets goal to increase first-time homeownership by 20% in 4 years.

HOMELESSNESS

SB 7  |  Requires cities to identify places for homeless people to live in their general plan housing element.

SB 31  |  Bans homeless from within 1,000 feet of a park, school, daycare or library.

SB 91  |  Extends law that streamlines conversions of motels to housing.

SB 221  |  $500 tax credit for people renting to a nonprofit using it to house domestic violence survivors.

SB 773  |  Allows more low-income households to qualify for CalWORKS Homeless Assistance housing subsidies.

AB 920  |  Bans discrimination based on housing status.

AB 1082  |  Bans towing or booting of vehicles due to unpaid parking tickets.

AB 1085  |  CA to ask Federal Govt. to allow Medi-Cal to cover housing.

AB 1215  |  Grants to provide pet housing and services at shelters.

AB 1285  |  Prioritizes homeless people when assigning spots in affordable housing.

AB 1431  |  Pilot program for rent subsidies for homeless, seniors, unemployed and other populations at high risk of homelessness.

MOBILE HOMES, MANUFACTURED HOUSING

SB 405  |  Sites can only count towards city’s housing goals if owner can confirm that they plan to build housing.

AB 529  |  Incentive to convert or replace commercial buildings to housing.

SB 576  |  Ban buildings over 3 floors within 5 miles of a military installation.

PARKING

SB 529  |  Funds shared electric vehicles for affordable housing.

SB 712  |  Landlords required to allow bike/scooter parking.

AB 894  |  Allow shared parking (such as residential/commercial) to count towards parking requirements.

AB 1308  |  No added parking required for house additions or remodels.

AB 1317  |  Requires that parking be unbundled from apartment leases.

PRESERVING AFFORDABLE HOUSING

SB 225  |  Fund for preserving affordability in buildings where it is about to expire.

SB 593  |  Replacing housing demolished by San Francisco Redevelopment as well as preserving affordability in housing built by Redevelopment.

PARKING

SB 529  |  Funds shared electric vehicles for affordable housing.

SB 712  |  Landlords required to allow bike/scooter parking.

AB 894  |  Allow shared parking (such as residential/commercial) to count towards parking requirements.

AB 1308  |  No added parking required for house additions or remodels.

AB 1317  |  Requires that parking be unbundled from apartment leases.

PUBLIC LAND

SB 240  |  Streamlined approvals for housing for formerly incarcerated individuals on public land.

AB 480  |  Prioritizes affordable housing development when public lands are sold or leased.

AB 510  |  Require cities and counties to create affordable housing land trusts exempts; all projects on such land from CEQA.

AB 983  |  Makes it easier for a city to sell or lease surplus land in a downtown revitalization plan area.

RE-ENTRY HOUSING FOR RELEASED PRISONERS

AB 428  |  Creates CA Dept. of Re-Entry with individualized re-entry plans.

SB 460  |  Ban the box: Applications cannot ask about criminal record. Can background check, but must give chance to explain before rejecting.

AB 745  |  Creates Re-Entry Housing and Workforce Development Programs.

REMOVING TENANT PROTECTIONS

AB 500  |  Allowing rent increases to be notified by email.

SENIOR HOUSING

SB 17  |  Prioritizes affordable housing funds for senior housing.

SB 37  |  Subsidies for seniors & adults with disabilities.

AB 839  |  Expands financing program for assisted living.

SOCIAL HOUSING

AB 309  |  Creates framework for social housing agency.

SB 555  |  Sets goal to build low & moderate income homes.

AB 584  |  Taxes short term rentals (Airbnb) to fund low and moderate income housing.

STUDENT & SCHOOL EMPLOYEE HOUSING

AB 358  |  Speeds up plan check for community college student housing.

AB 1169  |  School employee housing funding.

AB 1307  |  Unamplified resident voices are not a CEQA impact.

AB 1630  | Allows student housing on all land within 1,000 ft. of a college; no density limit; raises height limit to 40 ft. if it was lower.

AB 1700  |  Population growth & noise from new homes aren’t a CEQA impact.

TENANT APPLICATIONS/FAIR HOUSING

AB 12  |  Limits security deposits to 1 month of rent.

SB 267  |  Section 8 tenants can use alternative to credit score when applying.

AB 312  |  Centralized statewide platform for applying for affordable housing.

SB 403  |  Bans discrimination based on caste.

AB 485  |  Landlord must provide applicant with copy of credit report in 24 hours.

SB 611  |  Rental ads must include all monthly fees as well as any move-in deposits/fees.

AB 653  |  Incentives for landlords to rent to Section 8 voucher users.

AB 812  |  Artist housing can meet 10% of city’s RHNA affordable housing goals.

SB 831  |  Intent bill for increased enforcement to stop Section 8 discrimination, as well as banning discrimination against tenants who only have one eviction.

AB 1086  |  Allows eavesdropping, recording and intercepting communications to enforce fair housing.

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TENANT PROTECTIONS

AB 59  |  Renters tax credit – large increase.

SB 395  |  Statewide database of evictions.

SB 466  |  Allows cities to extend rent control to more buildings.

AB 468  |  Tenants can get relocation assistance if building is deemed substandard, even if it is not a legal residential unit.

AB 548 |  Allow inspection of rest of building if major problems found in one unit.

SB 567  |  Lowers the statewide cap on rent increases, expands it to cover more homes.

SB 569  |  Small increase in renters’ tax credit.

AB 846  |  Limits rent increases in affordable housing.

SB 863  |  Extends 3-day notice to pay rent or exit to 7 days.

AB 887  |  Rent cap for floating homes in 3 Bay Area counties.

AB 1218  |  Expands tenant relocation benefits for demolitions.

AB 1418  |  Bans cities from requiring landlords to evict tenants alleged criminal behavior, a convicted family member, etc.

AB 1620  |  Allows disabled tenants in a rent controlled building to move to a ground floor unit at the same rent.

TRIBAL HOUSING

SB 18  |  Funding for Native American Tribes to build housing.

AB 371  |  Tribes given more flexibility on use of housing funding.

UPZONING

SB 294  |  More floor area allowed for land zoned for 11+ apartments.

AB 440  |  Can base density bonus on general plan density if higher than zoning density.

AB 637  |  Density bonus must meet local inclusionary housing rules.

SB 713  |  Density bonus law overrides any conflicting local law.

AB 821  |  Use general plan density if higher than zoning.

AB 835  |  Increase max height for apartment buildings with 1 stair.

AB 1287  |  Additional density bonus if moderate income units added.

UTILITIES & EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS

SB 57  |  No residential gas/electric shutoffs for nonpayment if temp below 32F or above 95F.

AB 68  |  Faster and easier to build near jobs, schools, transit, etc. Bans up-zoning in wildfire, flood and conservation zones.

SB 83  |  Requires electric utility to connect new buildings in 8 weeks.

AB 281  |  Requires electric utility to connect new buildings in 8 weeks.

SB 410  |  Plan for faster electricity connections and more grid capacity.

AB 586  |  Allows Medi-Cal to cover AC, heaters, filters, backup power.

AB 1072  |  Water efficiency for low-income residents.

AB 1505  |  Funding for earthquake retrofits for soft-story apartments.

AB 1561  |  Faster approvals for housing in City of Chico.

VETERANS

AB 531  |  $600 million veteran housing bond.

SB 871  |  Expands property tax exemption for veterans.

AB 1014  |  Expands property tax exemption for disabled veterans and unmarried surviving spouses.

AB 1386  |  More options for veterans moving into income-restricted affordable housing.

YOUTH

SB 9  |  Raises max age for foster care benefits from 21 to 22.

AB 369  |  Extends Independent Living Program to cover all foster youth up to age 23.

SB 456  |  Housing for homeless youth or at-risk of homelessness.

AB 525  |  Housing supplement payments for foster care homes and families.

AB 589  |  Creates a homeless LGBTQ + youth housing program in San Diego.

AB 867  |  Gives people aging out of foster care more time to find housing.

AB 963  |  Funding housing for 18-25 year-olds aging out of foster care.

District 99 Schubb – May 2023

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David Schubb photo

May 2023
From the desk of:

David Schubb

PRESIDENT, DISTRICT 99 LIAISON
EMAIL: [email protected]  |  TEL: (925) 765-5055

Dear Friend and Fellow-Member,

GREETINGS from your CCAR Board leadership! Last week, a group of us spent some time in Sacramento, celebrating our annual Legislative Day where we had the opportunity to meet with legislators and discuss important real estate related issues facing our industry at the State level. This week, we’re in Washington, D.C., talking to Federal legislators on your behalf.   

Below, we’ve pulled together some information on important issues facing us this year, and encourage you to join together with us (CCAR, C.A.R. and NAR) as we work to protect your real estate businesses and homeownership rights in California and the Nation. 

Feel free to contact me directly if you have questions, or concerns (contact information is listed above).

We Need You! Help Us Reach Our Goal: 21%

RAF contributions meter

Help us reach our CCAR RAF goal of 21% participation. Contributions can be as little as $20. Your return on investment will be priceless.

DONATE

TOP NEWS:

UPCOMING COURSES & EVENTS:

View CCAR Calendar >

The REALTOR® ACTION FUND supports political activities at the local, state and national levels. It provides the financial resources needed to advocate for policies which protect property rights and REALTORS® ability to effectively conduct business.

View the REALTOR® Action Fund Metrics page to see, in real-time, how CCAR members are supporting RAF and how you can participate.

CCAR ANNUAL SPONSORS

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