November 11, 2020
PROP 15 – CA’S $11B SPLIT ROLL PROPERTY TAX – DEFEATED!
Please see the following message from Rex S. Hime:
California Commercial Real Estate and Business Leaders,
I am pleased to announce that we are finally calling the race for Prop. 15 – Split Roll Property Tax has been defeated!
This has been an effort years in the making and it could not … More »
November 6, 2020
ELECTIONS NOVEMBER 2020!
Election Day has come and gone but the votes are still being counted in what has turned out to be one of the wildest elections ever. Record numbers came out to vote in an election that will see the highest vote total ever for a winning Presidential candidate and a sharply divided electorate with several states still undecided.
PROPOSITION … More »
October 30, 2020
ELECTION DAY IS TUESDAY; VOTE NO ON SPLIT ROLL AND RENT CONTROL
There are a lot of propositions on the ballot, but here are the two we care about most:
Prop 15 – Split Roll Property Tax – VOTE NO!!!
Prop 21 – Statewide Rent Control – VOTE NO!
Please help us defeat split roll property tax and statewide rent control by voting NO on these measures. … More »
October 10, 2020
PROPOSITIONS IN NOVEMBER
There are a lot of propositions on the ballot, but here are the two we care about most:
Prop 15 – Split Roll Property Tax – VOTE NO!
Prop 21 – Statewide Rent Control – VOTE NO!
Please help us defeat split roll property tax and statewide rent control by voting NO on these measures. Encourage everyone you know to … More »
October 3, 2020
PROP 15: “NO. 1 TARGET ON THE BALLOT MAY BE A CLOSE CALL”
CBPA’s President and CEO – and one of the state’s main Champions fighting against the split roll property tax measure – Rex Hime is quoted extensively in this story by BisNow:
“California’s commercial real estate industry is preparing for the home stretch of an election campaign … More »
September 18, 2020
POLL SHOWS SPLIT ROLL SLIPPING BUT STILL WITH A MAJORITY
The latest poll from the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) shows Prop 15, the measure to repeal Prop 13 protection from businesses, shows the measure losing support as we near election day, but still clinging on to a slim majority.
Rex S. Hime, President and CEO, California Business … More »
September 11, 2020
STATEWIDE AND LOCAL EVICTION MORATORIUM
As we have previously reported, the statewide eviction moratorium bill, AB 3088, has been signed into law by Governor Newsom. The new law pertains to residential actions and does not include commercial.
However, while the legislative year is over, and we have managed to prevent Sacramento from passing new laws … More »
August 29, 2020
GOVERNOR ANNOUNCES NEW REOPENING GUIDELINES
California has a new blueprint for reducing COVID-19 in the state with revised criteria for loosening and tightening restrictions on activities. Click here to find out how businesses and activities can open in your county starting this Sunday, August 31st.
The new “blueprint for reducing COVID-19 in the … More »
August 17, 2020
COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE CALL TO ACTION – HELP MITIGATE HEAT WAVE
Over the weekend, Rex Hime, CBPA’s President and CEO, worked with representatives of Governor Newsom’s office to play ways to try to mitigate energy impacts of our current historic heatwave.
Please see the following message, help as you can, and let us know anything we can report … More »
August 14, 2020
CA JUDICIAL COUNCIL TO END EMERGENCY RULES ON EVICTION
Judicial Council Votes to end temporary emergency rules on evictions and foreclosures, September 1.
This news is welcome, but with two weeks left in the Legislative Session, will require that we be very vigilant to watch for last minute amendments on this issue impacting your properties. Additionally, … More »