RED ALERT: NO on SB 611

On July 2nd, the California Assembly Judiciary Committee is set to hear a bill by Senator Menjivar (D - Burbank) that was significantly amended to include provisions that are not only unreasonable details of costs associated with renting a unit - but violates the privacy of previous tenants.

Recently, AAOC Ron Kingston penned an opposition letter to the Chair of the Assembly Judiciary Committee - Ash Kalra (D - San Jose) - that details the reasons this bill should be opposed, and the problems it creates.

To read this letter - CLICK HERE

The problems with this bill include:

• Gives current renters - or their representatives - a right to inspect records related to former renters utility bills.
• Requires all costs associated with renting a unit to be displayed in all advertising - regardless of size or purpose of advertising, and regardless of what the cost is - pet fees, parking fees, laundry fees - and regardless of whether or not they are comparable between tenants.
• Makes the property owner liable if the renter doesn't understand the fees - resulting in a breach of the residential rental contract.

AAOC has launched a Red Alert for all members to contact the members of the judiciary committee. We ask all AAOC members to reach out to the Assembly Judiciary Committee members with the instructions listed below:

- EMAILS -

STEP ONE: Locate the Assemblymember (from the list on page 2) in the city where you LIVE, WORK, or OWN/MANAGE PROPERTY.

If you do not LIVE, WORK, or OWN/MANAGE PROPERTY in a city from the list below, contact Assemblymembers Ash Kalra and Diane Dixon.

STEP TWO: Click on the chosen Assemblymember’s email address, which will open a new email.

STEP THREE: Send the following email:

Dear Assemblymembers,

I am a member of the Apartment Association of Orange County. I own and/or manage rental property in California. I am opposed to Senator Caroline Menjivar’s Senate Bill 611, as amended.

While I may not be a constituent, this proposed litigation would expose all California property owners to government overreach when advertising a residential rental unit for rent; it also permit renters to materially breach rental contracts by interpreting its over-broad provisions as an affirmative defense to do so.

Please vote no on Senator Caroline Menjivar’s Senate Bill 611.

Respectfully,

(Enter Your Name/Signature Block Here)

- PHONE CALLS -

STEP ONE: Locate the Assemblymember (from the list on page 2) in the city where you LIVE, WORK, or OWN/MANAGE PROPERTY.

If you do not LIVE, WORK, or OWN/MANAGE PROPERTY in a city from the list below, contact Assemblymembers Ash Kalra and Diane Dixon.

STEP TWO: Pick up your Desk Phone or your Grab your Cell Phone.

STEP THREE: Call the phone number associated with the Assemblymember on the Assembly Judiciary Committee and state the following:

1. Your name and what city you live in, work in, or own property in.
2. You are a member of the Apartment Association of Orange County.
3. You urge the Assemblymember to VOTE NO on Senate Bill 611, as amended, because it is extremely problematic for all California RENTRAL property owners. OWNERS/AGENT WOULD FACE LAWSUITS BY THE STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
4. Thank the staff member for their time and efforts; end the call.

- ASSEMBLY JUDICIARY COMMITTEE MEMBERS -

Assemblymember Rebeca Bauer-Kahan │ District 16 │ Represents the Cities of: Pleasanton, Walnut Creek

916.319.2016 │ assemblymember.bauer-kahan@assembly.ca.gov

Assemblymember Isaac Bryan │ District 55 │ Represents the Cities of: Los Angeles

916.319.2055 │ assemblymember.bryan@assembly.ca.gov

Assemblymember Damon Connolly │ District 12 │ Represents the Cities of: San Francisco

916.319.2012 │ assemblymember.connolly@assembly.ca.gov

Assemblymember Diane Dixon (Vice Chair) │ District 72 │ Represents the Cities of: Huntington Beach, Newport Beach

916.319.2072 │ assemblymember.dixon@assembly.ca.gov

Assemblymember Matt Haney │ District 17 │ Represents the Cities of: San Francisco

916.319.2017 │ assemblymember.haney@assembly.ca.gov

Assemblymember Ash Kalra (Chair) │ District 25 │ Represents the Cities of: San Jose

916.319.2025 │ assemblymember.kalra@assembly.ca.gov

Assemblymember Brian Maienschein │ District 76 │ Represents the Cities of: San Diego

916.319.2076 │ assemblymember.maienschein@assembly.ca.gov

Assemblymember Tina McKinnor │ District 61 │ Represents the Cities of: Los Angeles

916.319.2061 │ assemblymember.mckinnor@assembly.ca.gov

Assemblymember Blanca Pacheco │ District 64 │ Represents the Cities of: La Habra, East Whittier

916.319.2064 │ assemblymember.pacheco@assembly.ca.gov

Assemblymember Joe Patterson │ District 5 │ Represents the Cities of: Folsom, Roseville

916.319.2005 │ assemblymember.joepatterson@assembly.ca.gov

Assemblymember Eloise Gomez Reyes │ District 50 │ Represents the Cities of: San Bernardino, Rancho Cucamonga

916.319.2050│ assemblymember.reyes@assembly.ca.gov

Assemblymember Kate Sanchez │ District 71 │ Represents the Cities of: Murrieta, Temecula

916.319.2071 │ assemblymember.sanchez@assembly.ca.gov

For further information:

• To read SB 611 - CLICK HERE
• To see the AAOC Call for Action - CLICK HERE