Here is a sample of some of the housing bills I have worked on in the state Assembly. For a complete review of my state legislative record, please visit http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/bilinfo.html.

2003

AB 620: Revision of Multi-Lender Low

The Department of Real Estate (DRE) does not allow multiple lenders to engage in financing of properties based on their future value. This means that if a group of lenders wish to develop property, they can only put as much money into the project as the bare land is worth, rather than the project’s worth upon completion. This measure would allow multiple lenders (mortgage brokers) to lend based on future property value, rather than “current market value” as defined by the DRE.

AB 196: Ban on Gender-Based Discrimination in Housing and Employment

AB 196 expands the Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) to ban discrimination in housing and employment on the basis of gender. AB 196 adopts the definition of gender used in California’s Penal and Education Codes, which includes a person’s “identity, appearance, or behavior, whether or not that identity, appearance, or behavior is different from that traditionally associated with the person’s sex at birth.”

AB 728: Pre-Sale of Condominiums

Under current law, condominiums cannot be sold until the project is fully completed and the Department of Real Estate (DRE) has issued a “white paper” or final report on the property. This measure would allow for the sale of condominiums prior to their completion as long as a “condition public report” was in place through the DRE.

AB 1217: Residential Hotel Exemption

This bill clarifies that tenants may not be evicted from residential hotels under the Ellis Act. In 1999, legislation authored by Senator Burton amended the Ellis Act to make it explicit that the Act would not pre-empt local land use regulations regarding the demolition and redevelopment of property or its conversation to non-residential uses. However, local landlords are continuing to use the Ellis Act to pre-empt local land use controls meant to preserve affordable housing. This bill would exempt residential hotels from the Ellis Act. Local ordinances would govern the sale of such properties.