Play it again, Sam

Thanks to all of our friends who attended today's webinar on where our community of landlords, property managers, and real estate professionals stand now in a rather complex legal landscape. Get a replay of timely updates and Daniel's insights:

As we nearly close the curtain on what has been a tumultuous year for rental housing providers, it was our pleasure to host today's webinar on where we have been, where we are, and where we going.

While you should congratulate yourself for getting a 360-degree view, this is tricky information that engenders many questions in light of your individual circumstances.

I am always accessible to provide clarity - please email me at daniel@bornstein.law to go to the drawing board on how we can power through your real estate challenges.

I will be happy to answer generic questions and let you know if more attorney involvement is necessary.

Happy Holidays, and thank you for your continued engagement as we hopefully emerge from the long, dark winter of COVID.

IN THE MEDIA

Daniel Bornstein was asked to chime in on how proposed tenant-organizing protections could shift the balance of power in San Francisco. He expresses concern that landlords will be treated unfairly when tenants appeal to the Rent Board when it is alleged that rental property owners do not engage in "good faith" meetings with tenants.

Case study on the leaning tower of San Francisco

After a tenant in the Millenium Tower claims the building's structural woes created an inhabitable unit that justified the withholding of rent, we successfully debunk this claim.

The outcome »

Putting people over technology when it comes to tenant screening

In our latest article, we explain that California's culture of amnesty and forgiveness stands to conceal rental risks because there might be certain blemishes on a prospective tenant’s record that cannot be found or are “off-limits.”

Conversely, the technological marvel of court records and tenant screening reports can be riddled with clerical errors, mix-ups, misleading or downright false information that is unfair to rental applicants.

San Francisco's maximum allowable increase number is off the press

San Francisco landlords are in for a real treat beginning March 1st, 2022. The allowable annual increase amount is a whopping 2.3%. Sarcasm aside, we should realistically allow the market to re-breathe and think smartly about how we set rents so as to fill a vacancy and not let a rental unit languish.

More on the Rent Board's website →

New program will help 200 Oakland tenants pay rent for 18 months

A good time to remind landlords not to discriminate based on the tenant's source of income or risk a "shakedown" by attorneys who catch landlords in the act of refusing vouchers and demand a huge sum of money to make the problem go away.

A novel program →

Fed-up landlord makes website outing squatters

There have been calls for rent registries that publicize a landlord's business and squatters have erected a website to list abandoned properties to squat in. Stands to reason that an aggrieved landlord would create SquatterRegistry.com to forewarn other property owners of problematic tenants.

Story on evening the score →

Reimagining police departments with safety and justice in mind

A riveting piece on 60 minutes with Berkeley policing making it into the story. California has a pilot program under AB 118 that sends out community-based organizations, rather than the police when certain problems occur. When strife occurs in a rental unit, perhaps you will find a social worker responding, not the cops. It would be interesting to see how this plays into unlawful detainer actions based on the theory of a nuisance if there is no traditional police report to build the case.

 Reform underway →

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