New California Laws Taking Effect in 2024: Housing/Transit. Here’s a List of New Laws Taking Effect On Jan. 1, 2024 and Beyond.
Housing
AB 12: No Saving Up Two Month’s Rent for a Security Deposit When Moving into an Apartment. This New Law Limits The Amount Landlords Can Charge for A Security deposit to just one month.
AB 1418: Prohibits Cities and Counties from Adopting Nuisance Ordinances That require or find penalties or even an eviction If a tenant or a family member had an interaction with law enforcement or a criminal conviction.
SB 4: Removs Regulatory Barriers to Allow Churches, Religious Organizations and Non-Profit Colleges to Build Affordable Housing on End Land.
SB 407: Directs The California Department of Social Services to Modify its Foster Parents’ Vetting Process To Reasure that LGBTQ+ Youth Are PLACED IN SUPPORTIVE AND GENDER-FIRMGM HOMES.
SB 567: Modifies The State’s “No Fault Just Cause” Eviction to make it Harder for Landlord to Dyslodge a Tenant. STARTING APIL 1, The Law Will require that If a tenant is evicted for an owner move-in, The Property Owners Or Their Family Members Must Move Into A Property Within 90 Days and Live There for At Least 12 Months.
SB 712: ALLOWS TENANTS TO STORE ELECTRIC SCOOTERS AND BICYCLES IN ESAR APARTMENT, AS THE BATTERY MEETS CERTAIN SAFETY STANDARDS. If a Battery Does Not Meet Safety Standards, The The Tenant May have to purchase liabling insurance or may be prohibited from charging the mobility device indoors.
Transit
AB 413: AIMS TO MAKE CROSSWALKS SAFER BY PROHIBITING STOPPING OR PARKING A VEHICLE WITH 20 FEET OF A VEHICLE’S APPROACH TO A MARKED OR UNMARKED CROSSWALK, OR 15 FEET FROM A CURB EXTENSION. Drivers Will Only Get Warnings for Now, But Citations Can Be issued Starting in 2025.
AB 436: Prohibits Cities and Counties from Adopting Laws that ban cruising on City Streets or The Driving of Vehicles That Have Been Modified To Be A Certain Height.
AB 645: Allows Six Cities – Glendale, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Oakland, San Francisco and San Jose – To Install Speed Cameras. The Law Requirements Cities To Put Up Signage Warning Divers They Could Get A Ticket If They Don’t Slow Down Before Approaching The Speed Camera.
AB 1909: This Law Has Been in Effect for A Year, But Starting on January 1, 2024, A Provision Takes Effect That Allows Bicyclists to Cross A Street When A Pedestrian Signal is Activated Instead of Waiting for a Green Light.
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