Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis, serving as acting governor while Gov. Gavin Newsom is out of state, today signed AB 2179 into law, which, among other provisions, extends the ban on local governments  adopting new COVID-19 eviction moratoria before July 1, 2022. This ban was set to expire on March 31, 2022, with several localities poised to adopt onerous local eviction moratoria on April 1, 2022. Under AB 2179, they are now prohibited from doing so for an additional three months.

Moreover, under AB 2179, California's statewide emergency eviction protections will now be limited to only apply where an application for rent relief was submitted on or before March 31, 2022. These protections are set to expire on June 30, 2022.

AB 2179, representing a compromise crafted by Legislative Leadership, passed out of the Legislature with bipartisan support. Major industry groups such as C.A.R. and the California Apartment Association were neutral on the measure.

AVOCADO CROP ESTIMATING PROCESS

The Avocado Crop Estimating Process (ACE) relies on five main sources of information for projecting avocado crop volume:

• Aerial acreage survey
• Grower crop estimate survey
• "Ground-truthing" field survey
• Variety distribution adjustments
• AMRIC statistics

Surveys using aerial photography to determine the amount of avocado acreage in each zip code are periodically conducted to keep abreast of changes in the industry. The aerial survey results are used as a baseline for estimating total production by zip code.

Estimate survey forms are mailed to every California avocado grower annually in September for CAC's pre-season estimate. Historically, about 50% of all the avocado acreage is represented by responding growers. Crop estimate update forms are again mailed in January and April to allow growers to adjust their original estimate...

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March 8, 2022       

California REALTORS^® urge Gov. Newsom to focus on homeownership after omitting in State of the State address

LOS ANGELES (March 8) – CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS^® (C.A.R.) President Otto Catrina today issued the following statement after Gov. Gavin Newsom's State of the State address: 

"The State of the State will not improve until California acts to dramatically increase the supply of ownership housing to provide working Californians the stability and prosperity that homeownership provides.

"Working Californians today are excluded from the benefits of homeownership that middle-class Californians once took for granted. California's overall homeown...

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The Average Homeowner Gained More Than $55K in Equity over the Past Year

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