Call to Action: Ask your Assembly Members to vote NO on AB 2364

UPDATE 6/1/2018: Thank you for responding to our Red Alert! AB 2364 was killed in the Assembly on Thursday.

SCCAOR opposes AB 2364 (Bloom and Chiu), which deters property owners from returning to the rental housing business for 10 years. AB 2364 significantly weakens the Ellis Act by discouraging new rental housing investment and will ultimately make the state’s housing crisis even worse. AB 2364 will be considered by the entire Assembly this week.

Action Item

Call 1-800-798-6593 and enter your NRDS ID (or your Legislator’s 4 digit code in the table below) followed by the # sign to be connected with your legislator’s office.

Ask your Assembly Member to vote NO on AB 2364.

Click here for a full list of Assembly Members

Issue Background

In 1985, C.A.R. successfully sponsored the Ellis Act, which is a bipartisan compromise reached by the Legislature to allow rental property owners to go out of business. Prior to the Ellis Act, unlike any other business, rental property owners were forced to stay in business, even when subjected to extreme financial conditions. The Ellis Act provides a reasonable solution that gives certainty to both rental property owners and tenants alike.

Specifically, the Ellis Act requires a property returned to the rental market before a 5-year period expires to include any deed-restricted or rent-controlled units previously located on the property. C.A.R opposes AB 2364 because, among other things, it seeks to weaken the Ellis Act by discouraging rental property owners from returning rental units to the market by effectively extending this 5-year period to 10 years.

 

Why We Are opposing AB 2364

  • Discouraging investment in rental housing is bad policy. AB 2364 will have a chilling effect on the state’s housing supply crisis. Substantially diminishing a rental property owner’s ability to return their property to the market will not only limit the number of available units, but also adversely affect property values and the ability to finance property.
  • Rental property owners cannot see TEN YEARS into the future. Existing law sets reasonable and foreseeable standards for rental property owners and tenants. AB 2364 imposes unreasonable constraints on rental property owners who simply want to return their property to the market after 5 years.

 

Questions?  Please contact chrissy@sccaor.com