HOA’s will soon be further restricted in how much they can increase their regular assessments.
New law limits HOA assessment increases for new CIDs
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2023 in review and a real estate forecast for 2024
Review the the legislative changes and economic shifts which impacted real estate during 2023 and read our forecast for the property market in 2024.
Legislators clear the path for more commercial-to-residential conversions
Legislators are limiting the power of local city councils to prohibit adaptive reuse projects.
New law adds muscle to Attorney General’s Housing Strike Force
California’s attorney general will now be able to take swifter action against wayward city councils refusing to follow low- and moderate-income housing solutions in their communities.
Is a property owner liable for injuries sustained by an independent contractor due to a hazardous condition known to the owner and discoverable by the contractor?
Acosta v. MAS Realty LLC.
Is a commercial tenant excused from paying rent during a government mandate to cease operating their business when their lease agreement includes a force majeure provision?
Fitness International LLC v. KB Salt Lake III LLC
Updates coming to Environmental Hazards Booklet handed to buyers
A new law requires three new sections to be added to the Environmental Hazards booklet.
May a second trust deed note holder on a call of a recourse note now unsecured due to foreclosure by the senior note holder, judicially collect the payment due on the call when monthly note payments are more than four years delinquent?
Piedmont Capital Management, LLC. v. McElfish
Landlords of prospective Section 8 tenants must allow credit history alternatives
The credit check requirement is a major roadblock for prospective Section 8 tenants who are otherwise qualified to pay rent.
Errata & Updates
Chapter 2: The MLS environment. The updated statutory Agency Law Disclosure
and confirmation provision went into effect the beginning of 2019. Both the
content of the form and when it is to be used have been modified. For a
thorough analysis of the new disclosure and confirmation practices, see the
January 2019 article, What you need to know about the refreshed – and mostly
improved – Agency Law Disclosure.
Chapter 32: The breaching buyer’s responsibilities. The first subhead on page
350 should read “Interest depends on property use.”