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Effective October 4, 2016, the Los Angeles City Council adopted the Rent Registry Ordinance (#184529) which is similar to those required by the City of West Hollywood and the City of Santa Monica.
The NEW Los Angeles Rent Registry Ordinance requires the owners of buildings with rent stabilized units subject to the Los Angeles Rent Stabilization Ordinance (LA RSO) to provide the Los Angeles Housing Community and Investment Department (HCIDLA) with the following information for each building on an annual basis:
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In California, if a building has 16 or more units, the owner is required to have a live-in manager. See, California Code of Regulations Title 25, Section 42. Pursuant to the California Industrial Welfare Commission (IWC) Minimum Wage Order No. 5-2001 and MW-2014 a live-in resident manager is an employee, not an independent contractor, and as such must be paid the minimum wage for all hours worked. The California Industrial Welfare Commission (IWC) Minimum Wage Order No. 5-2001 and MW-2014 further restricts how [...]
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On September 25, 2016, Governor Jerry Brown signed Senate Bill 1007 into law. Senate Bill 1007, codified in Section 1282.5 of the California Code of Civil Procedure, provides new protections for the little guy (including consumers and employees) in arbitration proceedings. Senate Bill 1007 gives any party to an arbitration proceeding "the right to have a certified shorthand reporter transcribe any deposition, proceeding, or hearing as the official record." Previously large companies and employers could unilaterally [...]
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Yes…that is right…we have a new bathroom bill. Like we don’t have enough regulations to comply with. Effective March 1, 2017, A.B. 1732, codified in the California Health and Safety Code, requires all businesses with a single-user bathroom to buy new signage designating the bathroom for use by all genders. Even if an establishment has two separate bathrooms, one for men and one for women, effective March 1, 2017 each bathroom must be designated for use by all genders. Under the new legislation, a "single-user [...]
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Under the present law, if a landlord files an unlawful detainer (eviction) action against a tenant, the record of said action is masked (sealed) for a period of 60 days, at which time the record becomes public and is available to credit agencies, landlord registries, and screening companies [...]
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Located in Los Angeles, California, the Law Office of Melissa C. Marsh handles business law and corporation law matters as a lawyer for clients throughout Los Angeles including Burbank, Sherman Oaks, Studio City, Valley Village, North Hollywood, Woodland Hills, Hollywood, West LA as well as Riverside County, San Fernando, Ventura County, and Santa Clarita. Attorney Melissa C. Marsh has considerable experience handling business matters both nationally and internationally. We routinely assist our clients with incorporation, forming a California corporation, forming a California llc, partnership, annual minutes, shareholder meetings, director meetings, getting a taxpayer ID number (EIN), buying a business, selling a business, commercial lease review, employee disputes, independent contractors, construction, and personal matters such as preparing a will, living trust, power of attorney, health care directive, and more.