I was recently in Los Angeles and I saw all sort of posters in Korea town - which has a lot of hard working people who have brought it up from the 90s -- LA riots, slums, etc.
There are posters that say "Housing is a Human Right"
It sounds great as a slogan. But then they really want 'free ****' at the expense of hard working producers. Like House hackers, BRRR investors, small sacale landlords who work their butts off learning REI, and implementing it in their HARD WORK...
And now there are posters all over Wilshire and up and down the streets for the LA Tenants Union. A group that want's to socialize housing in LA, California and the rest of the US.
http://www.dailynews.com/government-and-politics/2...
https://www.facebook.com/latenantsunion
They play the race card by getting non English speakers to sign up and are really getting active in LA. I mean all they have to do is say "Hey do you want lower rent" Sounds so simple, but it's really devastating to the economy and communities.
There is a bill going to vote shortly that I urge everyone to oppose.
Anyone interested in real estate should oppose AB1506
I wrote a letter, feel free to use, copy or amend:
Hi, I oppose AB 1506.
As a rental property owner in LA, I am a small business owner trying to make a difference to my tenants and to my community.
Please do not put me out of business and force me to sell my property.
Repealing the Costa-Hawkins will not "cure" the housing crisis and will add further burden to small business owners like myself who are the lifeblood of Los Angeles. No one with any sense is going to buy or build rental property in California while state lawmakers are proposing to unleash rent control.
The conversation alone could reduce the supply of housing.
Rent control sounds good if you’re a tenant paying the outrageous rents in Southern California, but rent control is one of the reasons that affordable units have steadily disappeared from the market, year after year, since the late 1970s.
I urge you to oppose AB 1506.
Ouman You , yeah it’s a shame to see so many of these run down places in the L.A area . How much lower are your tenants paying versus market rents ?
Have you considered selling the buildings or developing the land into condos or townhomes ?
One is a 6 units 3 units are under RC they pay $900/2Bdr and market value is $3000 .
We were thinking about the condos. But how do you go about the tenants that are already there ?
Politicians know how bad rent control is for the state which is why many wont vote on the issue but a select few choose to support rent control because they want votes. Maybe we need to create a group to send marketing and mail to SFR and property owners in CA to encourage them to vote against Rent Control in November.
Ouman You I’m not an expert on it but there is something called an Ellis Act eviction . A landlord has the option to get out of the rental business . I know Santa Monica is notorious for being anti development perhaps more so than L.A .
I have also heard of people mentioning buying out rent control tenants ... “cash for keys “.
Pretty big relocation fees have to be paid by law according to the Ellis act , I know it’s like $7,000 -20000 per unit in L.A.. but it would be well worth it of course if you could make a big profit by redeveloping.
You’d want to work with an attorney that specializes in dealing with landlords /developers for sure in this situation .
LA RSO has rules on what sort of redevelopment it can be and I do not have it memorized but in general the only redevelopment that qualifies for a non-fault eviction is to provide low income housing. For all non-fault evictions the landlord is to pay relocation fees that depend on how long the tenant has lived there, are there minor children, are the senior, disabled, handicapped. Development to low income housing would not result in significant return to justify the relocation fees.
The better option for a non-fault eviction is to move a family member into the unit. The RSO defines the family members that qualify for the no-fault eviction so you cannot move in your cousin twice removed :=).
Article from Curbed LA today , it’s going to be on the November ballot
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“On Friday, Secretary of State Alex Padilla confirmed that supporters of a voter initiative calling for repeal of the Costa Hawkins Rental Housing Act had gathered enough signatures to qualify the measure for the November ballot.”
“If the ballot measure passes, local lawmakers would also be able to put rent control regulations on single-family homes and condominiums, greatly increasing the number of housing units subject to limits on yearly price increases.
The initiative has already drawn the support of key Los Angeles officials, including Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, who has promised to explore updates to the city’s Rent Stabilization Ordinance should the initiative pass in November.”
https://la.curbed.com/2018/6/18/17475176/california-rent-control-ballot-measure-costa-hawkins
The whole advantage of sfrs and condos was no rent control or 10% a month raise I think was state law but that is enough rent upside right. Values can go up 100k annually sometimes so this was one way to realize some of that maybe. If that other deal passes it can only pinch rental inventory more is the likely outcome imo. Our CA law makers at work. If we could give them a paid multi year vacation we might be better off really.
Make sure to VOTE NO ON PROP 10
It would expand costa Hawkins
The California Apartment Association is pleased that the State Building and Construction Trades Council of California, one of the most powerful labor groups in the state, has joined several other important statewide organizations in voicing opposition to Proposition 10.
The proposition would hurt owners of rental housing throughout California. It would extend rent control laws to single-family homes, institute vacancy control, and cost taxpayers tens of millions of dollars in lawsuits.
A statewide ballot measure that would repeal the Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act -- and return extreme forms of rent control to California — will appear on the Nov. 6 ballot as Proposition 10.
Vote NO on 10 to protect home ownership and rental housing! https://noprop10.org/
THE FACTS
Proposition 10 will make California’s housing crisis worse.
This flawed measure is the wrong way to provide more housing that working Californians can afford. We should focus on better solutions for providing rent relief to Californians than this initiative, including increasing tax credits for renters, passing new bonds to provide public funding for affordable housing construction, and requiring developers and cities to build more affordable housing across the state.
Proposition 10 is the wrong solution for a state that desperately needs to create more affordable housing for middle class families. We should vote NO on Prop 10.
DON’T BE FOOLED
PROP 10 REPEALS A HOUSING LAW WITH NO SOLUTION.
PROP 10 WILL REDUCE AFFORDABLE AND MIDDLE-CLASS HOUSING.
PROP 10 WILL DRIVE UP RENTAL PRICES.
PROP 10 WILL ELIMINATE HOMEOWNER PROTECTIONS.
PROP 10 WILL STICK TAXPAYERS WITH LEGAL BILLS.
PROP 10 WILL REDUCE HOME VALUES.
PROP 10 IS OPPOSED BY A BROAD, BIPARTISAN COALITION.
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