Assemblymember David Chui Ever since Proposition 10 failed at the ballot box in November, municipalities and counties around the state — including Los Angeles — have been enacting more tenant protections, including temporary freezes on rent hikes. Now, the state Assembly passed a bill for a statewide cap on rent increases, after advocates agreed to […]
SB 50, a bill to allow multifamily building statewide, again put on ice
Anthony Portantino and State Senators Scott Wiener A sweeping bill to allow dense residential development across California is once again dead in the water, at least for the rest of 2019. State Senator Anthony Portantino, chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced Thursday that Senate Bill 50 would not leave his committee this year, putting […]
More than 2K new cannabis shops could bloom statewide under proposed bill
Assemblymember Phil Ting Los Angeles, like other cities in California, are struggling to contain unlicensed cannabis shops that have been blooming. While L.A. officials are cracking down, they face a daunting task. But only a third of the state’s 540 municipalities allow cannabis shops. Now, state lawmakers want to change that, according to the Los […]
Attention homeowners: California lawmakers to consider estate tax hike
SB 378 author Scott Wiener and mansions in Beverly Crest (Credit: Wikipedia and Flickr) The federal government gave wealthy Californians — particularly homeowners — a helping hand in 2017 when it slashed the estate tax. Now, the California legislature is set to consider raising a state-level estate tax, essentially making up the difference from the […]