2012 Landlord and Tenant Legislation Bills Signed into Law

Written by Ron Kingston | 23 January 2013

AACSC was very involved influencing the outcome of every landlord and tenant bill that the California Legislature considered this past year. The following description of bills should assist members.

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No More Smoking

Written by Nancy Ahlswede | 08 March 2012

At press time, the City of Huntington Park is debating the implementation of a no smoking policy within apartment units. If it passes, Huntington Park will join a growing number of cities to establish no smoking laws in Southern California including Compton, Baldwin Park, Glendale, Pasadena and Calabasas. These cities do not require the landlords to be the Smoking Police; rather, the tenants in all cases hold each other accountable with citations/tickets written by the police or code enforcement directly to the transgressor. It is estimated that owners spend more than $4800 in cleaning costs when turning over an apartment from smoking tenants to a new tenancy.

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