• that our legislature is currently debating a law that would allow insurance companies to put up the money for tenant security deposits which will result in you as the landlord having to fight insurance companies to withhold money to repair your property once the tenant has vacated the premises?
• that there is a bill that would require all landlords to evict smokers from their buildings and would also prohibit landlords from smoking in their own building.
• there is a bill being discussed that would declare a floor furnace or any unvented furnace or heating facility located in the floor of the dwelling to not be considered as conforming to applicable law regardless of operating condition and therefore a landlord couldn't collect rent on the unit until the furnace is replaced
• that our legislature has re-instated the 60 day notice requirement for tenants that have occupied your property for more than one year?
• that our legislature has passed a law that can hold you as the landlord liable when you have a unauthorized vehicle towed from your property? 
• that recently tenants have been awarded millions in damages simply because of simple ignorance to the law?
• there are currently numberous bills being proposed in our State Legislature.  Join now to stay abreast on their progress and help stop them from becoming law in their development stage by lobbying from home using our proven system.  Don't let politicians tell you how you should run your property without first getting feedback from you, the property owner.  Below is a list of State Bills that we are tracking. 

Measure #	Author	Topic	Current Location
AB 1173	Keene	Submetering: multiunit residential structures	Assembly Appropriations Committee
AB 1234	Wolk	Real property: furnaces	Assembly Appropriations Committee
AB 2052	Lieu	Residential tenancies: domestic violence	Assembly Judiciary Committee
AB 2363	Ma	Residential tenancies	Assembly Judiciary Committee
AB 2383	Ruskin	Social security numbers	Assembly Judiciary Committee
AB 2450	Davis	Tenancies: foreclosure	Assembly Rules Committee
AB 2586	Torrico	Residential tenancies	Assembly Judiciary Committee
AB 410	Adams	Termination of tenancy: unclaimed property	DEAD
AB 481	Tran	Pleadings:unlawful detainer	Assembly Judiciary Committee
AB 725	Lieber	Housing: universal rental housing application	Senate Judiciary Committee
AB 822	Levine	Solid waste: multifamily dwellings	Assembly Natural Resources
AB 887	De La Torre	Redevelopment: eminent domain: relocation assistance	Senate Floor
ACA 8	De La Torre	Eminent domain	Assembly Floor
SB 1299	Migden	Residential real property: price control	Senate Rules Committee
SB 1386	Lowenthal	Carbon Monoxide	Senate Transportation and Housing
SB 1518	Correa	Water charges, meters, and submeters: multiunit residential structures	Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee
SB 1598	Padilla	Smoking	Senate Rules Committee
SB 464	Kuehl	Rental property: public entity restrictions	DEAD
SB 482	Yee	Residential tenancies: security deposits	Senate Judiciary Committee

Significant Litigation and Noteworthy Settlements

4/30/2007	Department Of Fair Employment And Housing Announces In-Person Complaint Filing Program In Ventura
4/17/2007	The Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) today announced that it has settled a pending case against Orchard Park Apartments arising out of a tenant’s allegation that he was subjected to discrimination because he is a person with a mental disability who requires the use of a service animal.
1/25/2007	The Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) today announced the $75,000 settlement of a San Mateo County housing case alleging discrimination on the basis of race.
10/27/2006	Orange county apartment complex pays $125,000 in settlement of lawsuit alleging discrimination against families with children

Eminent domain state ballot measure takes aim at rent control -- Property rights activists are once again pushing a ballot measure aimed at restricting government's use of eminent domain, but this time there's a secondary target - rent-control ordinances. The Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association, the California Farm Bureau Federation and various property owner groups are expected in the coming weeks to submit more than a million signatures to qualify the measure for the June 3 ballot. Tom Chorneau in the San Francisco Chronicle -- 11/18/07

Help take away the option for a Judge to side with a tenant on a rent control issue.  Download and sign a petition to end rent control in California. Northern  Southern 

Ad Watch: Prop. 98 foes spotlight effect on rent control -- The Yes on 99 campaign, backers of an eminent domain initiative on the June 3 ballot, launched a 60-second radio ad this week criticizing a competing initiative, Proposition 98. John Hill in the Sacramento Bee -- 5/12/08

Walters: Eminent-domain battle imminent -- The first - and more far-reaching - of two competing ballot measures restricting seizures of private property by local governments qualified for the June ballot today and the other is on the verge of making it. Dan Walters SacBee Capitol Alert -- 1/16/08