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Did Senate Bill 8 Impact the Definition of “Housing Development Project” Under the Housing Accountability Act?
March 23rd, 2022
Contributor: Emily L. Brough
The California Legislature passed Senate Bill 8 (“SB 8”) in 2021, which was intended to add further protections to California’s Planning and Zoning laws to increase the supply of housing. While SB 8 accomplished that by clarifying and strengthe…
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Categories: Land Use, Permits and Appeals
Three Things Landlords Should Know About Habitability
March 3rd, 2022
A decision by the California Supreme Court in 1974 established that all rental agreements in the state include an implied warranty of habitability. This implied warranty binds anyone who rents or leases their property, regardless the explicit languag…
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Categories: Landlord/Tenant Issues
Does the Housing Accountability Act Apply to My Project? ZF’s Clients Test the Law’s Boundaries.
February 23rd, 2022
California’s Housing Accountability Act (Government Code section 65589.5) requires local governments to approve code-compliant housing development projects. If a city denies a housing development project without making specific findings of an unmit…
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Categories: Land Use, Permits and Appeals
The San Francisco Owner Move-In Eviction
February 9th, 2022
Contributor: Mark B. Chernev
In general, virtually all San Francisco residential tenants enjoy eviction controls. This means that even though a tenant’s lease has expired, a landlord still may only evict a tenant for one of the sixteen reasons provided for in the San Francisco…
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Categories: Landlord/Tenant Issues
Zacks & Freedman, PC is Pleased to Announce the Opening of Two New Office Locations
January 24th, 2022
Zacks & Freedman, PC is pleased to announce the opening of two new office locations in the East Bay and Monterey Bay! While Zacks & Freedman, PC has been in San Francisco for more than 30 years, we have consistently provided real property leg…
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San Francisco Imposes Additional Requirements on Property Owners Looking to Build ADUs; Increases Consequences of Removing Tenant Housing Services
December 28th, 2021
Beginning December 12, 2021, property owners must meet additional requirements to add Additional Dwelling Units, or ADUs, under the San Francisco local program. In San Francisco, there are several different ADU programs available to property owners.…
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Categories: Land Use, Permits and Appeals
Thinking of Utilizing SB 9 in San Francisco? Better Act Fast.
December 28th, 2021
The Legislature has passed a series of increasingly aggressive housing laws that loosen local zoning requirements and remove local discretion over housing projects. One of the latest bills, SB 9, permits owners of certain properties in urban, single-…
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Categories: Land Use, Permits and Appeals
Is It Legal to Include a Relocation Clause in My Commercial Leases?
December 23rd, 2021
California is one of the most renter-friendly states in the nation, as evidenced by the recent imposition of statewide rent control and other legal precedents. In an environment such as this, you may desire to include relocation clauses in the lease…
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What You Need To Know About San Francisco Rental Unit Registration Ordinance
December 20th, 2021
Contributor: Justin A. Goodman
On December 18, 2020, San Francisco adopted Ordinance 265-20, which implements the City’s first rental unit registration ordinance. With Proposition 21 on the ballot in November of 2020, the Board of Supervisors was poised to implement vacancy cont…
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AB 1584: An Attempt to Cure HOA Compliance Issues Caused by AB 3182
November 14th, 2021
Contributor: Gael Bizel-Bizellot
Prior to 2021, Homeowners’ Associations (“HOAs”) had fairly broad discretion to prohibit rentals in condominium communities. AB 3182, effective January 1, 2021, added Civil Code section 4741, which imposed limitations on this broad authority, i…
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