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I recently had to deal with this. Down the rabbit hole with the YouTubes, property manager friends, etc. There has been a flurry of new rental legislation during lockdown.

I ended up joining https://www.socalrha.org/, glad I did. They have on-call operations advisers, very helpful.

I rent out my SFH, and rent a SFH to live in another part of town. So I’m on both sides of this issue. Out of non-professional soft-heartedness and basic human decency during the lockdown, neither we nor our landlord have raised rent in 3 years.

As I understand it:
– In all cases you must be notified of the AB-1482 status of your landlord (whether exempt or not). If they failed to notify you by the original deadline of July 2020 (I think?), they can notify later. But no other notifications can happen until 30 days after the AB-1482 notification.
– The notice must be served. That’s the landlord’s responsibility. If you sign & return, that’s nice, but not needed. “I never received…” only buys you 30 days, *if* you can prove it. I.e., check your mail pile.
– Assuming your landlord is exempt…
– After that, rent increase of <= 10% requires 30-day notice. - rent increase of > 10% requires 90-day notice.
– max 2 increases per year; but no limit on the total increase %
– there are several active CA State-of-Emergency orders, but none currently relating to rentals
– The City of San Diego currently has some additional constraints on tenant removal. If the owner wants to remove the tenant so they themselves or “direct-line” family member can move back in, 90-days notice is required. There had been City Council talk of disallowing even this, which really had me freaked (“paging Dr. Zhivago”). However, this expires Sept 2022 at latest.

So to your original post, yes, the landlord can get 20% increase, but sounds like a 120-day notice is required (30-day AB-1482 notification then 90-day for > 10% increase).

Re pushing back, check around. Econ 101, landlords don’t set rent, tenants do (“the market”). Given the current situation, 20% doesn’t sound too bad. Our landlord is asking for 60%. We’ve negotiated 25%, for now.

We’re in a pinch, deciding whether to stretch to buy another home. In which case we’ll have to “domino” with market pricing on our rental (~40% increase) to help with the mortgage. Likely lose the tenant, etc. We may go with a property management agency, I don’t have the heart to charge people that much!

However, Mr. Toscano’s latest market reports give pause to buying sentiment.

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Dream Killer!

[quote=sdduuuude]
…
Also, It is important to know if the lot is a “developed” lot or not. A good indicator of a developed lot is the presence of a water meter.
…
Thinking about building a house in terms of the cost of the structure itself is very dangerous and will put you in a bad spot if you buy a lot only to find out you have to spend $300,000 that you didn’t expect because you
multiplied $250 by the square footage, decide you could afford that, then clicked the “buy now” button.
…
For a developed lot, add $300,000 for design, engineering, infrastructure (utilities to the house, grading), permitting, landscaping

For an undeveloped lot, add another $100K.

For a lot in the coastal commission, I’m not sure how much to add but I’d guess $50,000 to $100,000, and a year or two to the permitting process.[/quote]

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A quick search indicates the resulting lot splits must have a minimum size of 1200 sq ft.

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My wife converted me on this years ago. I’d say “it’s brand new out of the box!” She’s say “Exactly, from the filthy factory!”

Most incoming items get at least half-a-day UV treatment (sunlight on the deck) before they are allowed to enter the home.

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Let a robot build your house!

http://www.blueprint-robotics.com/video/

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Interesting read…

Rick Perry And Texas Job Numbers

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[quote=briansd1]To build a garage, my guy is quoting me roughly:

$1,500 for plans to submit (include parcel research, looking up setbacks, buildable area, etc…

$500 if he does the permitting process.

He thinks the city fees will be about $1,200 (up to a max of 5 inspections during the building process).

Of course the cost to build the structure is extra.[/quote]

Sounds low. I was looking into doing a parcel merge. As I recall, City of SD told me that initial feasibility reviews (can the project proceed at all) were ~$600 per discipline (electrical, plumbing, surveying, etc). I would have needed at least two. Then general build plans would need review; then detailed blueprints; then inspections during the build.

I assume your garage would have at least electrical? Water too?

I did not proceed. It’s just so much easier to do nothing 🙂

And you may have heard this before, but when you get a ruling like “yes, we’ll allow this,” get it in writing. Story I was told by neighbors: got stopped mid-project while doing work approved by inspector A. Then inspector B came along and said no way. They were able to prove the work had been officially OK’ed. But that process alone took weeks (i.e., add cost of extra month offsite rental while project is stalled).

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[quote=briansd1]To build a garage, my guy is quoting me roughly:

$1,500 for plans to submit (include parcel research, looking up setbacks, buildable area, etc…

$500 if he does the permitting process.

He thinks the city fees will be about $1,200 (up to a max of 5 inspections during the building process).

Of course the cost to build the structure is extra.[/quote]

Sounds low. I was looking into doing a parcel merge. As I recall, City of SD told me that initial feasibility reviews (can the project proceed at all) were ~$600 per discipline (electrical, plumbing, surveying, etc). I would have needed at least two. Then general build plans would need review; then detailed blueprints; then inspections during the build.

I assume your garage would have at least electrical? Water too?

I did not proceed. It’s just so much easier to do nothing 🙂

And you may have heard this before, but when you get a ruling like “yes, we’ll allow this,” get it in writing. Story I was told by neighbors: got stopped mid-project while doing work approved by inspector A. Then inspector B came along and said no way. They were able to prove the work had been officially OK’ed. But that process alone took weeks (i.e., add cost of extra month offsite rental while project is stalled).

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[quote=briansd1]To build a garage, my guy is quoting me roughly:

$1,500 for plans to submit (include parcel research, looking up setbacks, buildable area, etc…

$500 if he does the permitting process.

He thinks the city fees will be about $1,200 (up to a max of 5 inspections during the building process).

Of course the cost to build the structure is extra.[/quote]

Sounds low. I was looking into doing a parcel merge. As I recall, City of SD told me that initial feasibility reviews (can the project proceed at all) were ~$600 per discipline (electrical, plumbing, surveying, etc). I would have needed at least two. Then general build plans would need review; then detailed blueprints; then inspections during the build.

I assume your garage would have at least electrical? Water too?

I did not proceed. It’s just so much easier to do nothing 🙂

And you may have heard this before, but when you get a ruling like “yes, we’ll allow this,” get it in writing. Story I was told by neighbors: got stopped mid-project while doing work approved by inspector A. Then inspector B came along and said no way. They were able to prove the work had been officially OK’ed. But that process alone took weeks (i.e., add cost of extra month offsite rental while project is stalled).

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[quote=briansd1]To build a garage, my guy is quoting me roughly:

$1,500 for plans to submit (include parcel research, looking up setbacks, buildable area, etc…

$500 if he does the permitting process.

He thinks the city fees will be about $1,200 (up to a max of 5 inspections during the building process).

Of course the cost to build the structure is extra.[/quote]

Sounds low. I was looking into doing a parcel merge. As I recall, City of SD told me that initial feasibility reviews (can the project proceed at all) were ~$600 per discipline (electrical, plumbing, surveying, etc). I would have needed at least two. Then general build plans would need review; then detailed blueprints; then inspections during the build.

I assume your garage would have at least electrical? Water too?

I did not proceed. It’s just so much easier to do nothing 🙂

And you may have heard this before, but when you get a ruling like “yes, we’ll allow this,” get it in writing. Story I was told by neighbors: got stopped mid-project while doing work approved by inspector A. Then inspector B came along and said no way. They were able to prove the work had been officially OK’ed. But that process alone took weeks (i.e., add cost of extra month offsite rental while project is stalled).

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[quote=briansd1]To build a garage, my guy is quoting me roughly:

$1,500 for plans to submit (include parcel research, looking up setbacks, buildable area, etc…

$500 if he does the permitting process.

He thinks the city fees will be about $1,200 (up to a max of 5 inspections during the building process).

Of course the cost to build the structure is extra.[/quote]

Sounds low. I was looking into doing a parcel merge. As I recall, City of SD told me that initial feasibility reviews (can the project proceed at all) were ~$600 per discipline (electrical, plumbing, surveying, etc). I would have needed at least two. Then general build plans would need review; then detailed blueprints; then inspections during the build.

I assume your garage would have at least electrical? Water too?

I did not proceed. It’s just so much easier to do nothing 🙂

And you may have heard this before, but when you get a ruling like “yes, we’ll allow this,” get it in writing. Story I was told by neighbors: got stopped mid-project while doing work approved by inspector A. Then inspector B came along and said no way. They were able to prove the work had been officially OK’ed. But that process alone took weeks (i.e., add cost of extra month offsite rental while project is stalled).

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[quote=sdrealtor]The average New Yorker arrives in SD and does not stay because it is too much of a hick town for them.[/quote]

Another reason to love San Diego! 🙂

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[quote=sdrealtor]The average New Yorker arrives in SD and does not stay because it is too much of a hick town for them.[/quote]

Another reason to love San Diego! 🙂

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[quote=sdrealtor]The average New Yorker arrives in SD and does not stay because it is too much of a hick town for them.[/quote]

Another reason to love San Diego! 🙂

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[quote=sdrealtor]The average New Yorker arrives in SD and does not stay because it is too much of a hick town for them.[/quote]

Another reason to love San Diego! 🙂

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