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Key Financial Data for 2021
Key Financial Data for 2021

Not sure what financial data you need for understanding tax items like the tax rate schedule, standard deductions and gift and estate tax credits? Use this document as your cheat sheet. Continue Reading

Date posted03/5/2021


Key Estate Planning Documents Needed
Key Estate Planning Documents Needed

Always wondered what you might need when it comes to planning your estate? Check out this Key Estate Planning document from Terry Allen of Enhance Wealth Advisors. Continue Reading

Date posted03/5/2021


Frequently Asked Questions SB 91
Frequently Asked Questions SB 91

Bill Summary and FAQs: Senate Bill 91– Extends Statewide Tenant Eviction Protections Through June 30, 2021 (From January 31, 2021 Per Expired Assembly Bill 3088) Rental Assistance Funding Q: When will the $2.6 billion of rental assistance be available? When can I and/or my tenants apply? A:... Continue Reading

Date posted02/24/2021


Frequently Asked Questions AB 3088
Frequently Asked Questions AB 3088

ASSEMBLY BILL 3088 - THE “TENANT, HOMEOWNER, AND SMALL LANDLORD RELIEF AND STABILIZATION ACT OF 2020” These frequently asked questions are provided under the advice of counsel. However, the City of Berkeley and the Rent Stabilization Board have not clarified how AB 3088 interacts with... Continue Reading

Date posted09/20/2020


​​​Berkeley Tenants Rights Plan Would Give Renters First Right to Buy Their Home
​​​Berkeley Tenants Rights Plan Would Give Renters First Right to Buy Their Home

​​​"Berkeley Tenants Rights Plan Would Give Renters First Right to Buy Their Home" San Francisco Chronicle, February 21, 2020, Sarah Ravini Continue Reading

Date posted02/21/2020


Normal Wear and Tear
Normal Wear and Tear

Question: What are some "Wear and Tear" Guidelines for Security Deposit Deductions? Answer: Examples of Normal Wear and Tear for which a Security Deposit should NOT be Kept * Minor chipped, peeling or worn paint* Rusty fixtures in kitchen or bathroom* Wear on carpets* “Bubbled” or... Continue Reading

Date posted05/29/2013


More Information for those who house hoarders
More Information for those who house hoarders

What is compulsive hoarding? Compulsive hoarding includes ALL three of the following: 1. A person collects and keeps a lot of items, even things that appear useless or of little value to most people, and2. These items clutter the living spaces and keep the person from using their rooms as they... Continue Reading

Date posted08/7/2012


Resources for Housing Hoarders
Resources for Housing Hoarders

HOARDING RESOURCES Self Help http://www.ocfoundation.org/hoarding/self_help.aspx#buried http://www.hoarders.org/sg.html http://www.clutterersanonymous.net/ Legal Rights http://www.mentalhealthsf.org/library/mental_health_topics/rights.php Removal and... Continue Reading

Date posted08/7/2012


SIMPLY PUT...
SIMPLY PUT...

Rents decreased, but affordability concerns remain Nick Taborek Santa Monica Daily Press April 10, 2010 CITYWIDE — The cost for a new tenant to lease a rent-controlled apartment decreased last year for the first time in 11 years, City Hall said in a report released this week, but the number... Continue Reading

Date posted04/10/2010


Is Public Housing Necessary?
Is Public Housing Necessary?

[The Freeman, 1958] "We must have better housing for those Americans who are now forced to live in slums and substandard dwellings." So said a presidential candidate. And so believe a great number of the rank-and-file citizens of the United States. There really seems to be no question as to the... Continue Reading

Date posted02/12/2010


How the Government Killed Affordable Housing
How the Government Killed Affordable Housing

By John O. Norquist Mayor of Milwaukee and a Democrat Adapted from his book The Wealth of Cities: Revitalizing the Centers of American Life A big-city politician deplores government intrusion into housing and urges cooperation with private owners By focusing on below-market public housing, the... Continue Reading

Date posted12/12/2009


The Scourge of Rent Stabilization
The Scourge of Rent Stabilization

Richard A. Epstein 11.03.09 WHY NOT SCRAP IT, ROOT AND BRANCH? One central libertarian tenet is that governments should not use subsidies or price controls to distort the operation of competitive markets. The soundness of that position was brought home once again in the recent decision of the New... Continue Reading

Date posted11/3/2009