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February 10, 2025
California REALTORS® to award $1 million in housing assistance grants to Southern California fire victims
LOS ANGELES (Feb. 10) – Thanks to a generous donation by the REALTORS® Relief Foundation, the CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® (C.A.R.) is awarding housing assistance grants to homeowners and renters affected by the Southern California wildfires in January 2025.
Through a $1 million gift from the REALTORS® Relief Foundation, C.A.R. is offering disaster relief grants up to $1,000 per h...
A new Executive Order has suspended the price gouging law as applied to single-family homes of four bedrooms or more in certain ZIP codes.
As of Feb. 4, properties which have not been rented nor offered for rent within one year prior to Jan. 7 and the HUD Fair Market Rent for a four-bedroom unit is or exceeds $5,500 are now exempt from the price gouging law in the following ZIP codes: 90015, 90049, 90067, 90077, 90094, 90210, 90263, 90265, 90266, 90272, 90274, 90275, 90290, 90291, 90292, 90703, 91011, 91105, 91210, 91301, 91302, 91307, 91354, 91364, 91436, 91709, and 91789. The order is effective through March 8, 2025.
See this link to determine the HUD Fair Market Rent.
At the same time, the Executive Order closes a loophole by extending the price gouging protections to leases of ANY length. Pr...
The California Department of Food and Agriculture has made several Produce Safety Program Portal training resources available on its PSP portal information website. The PSP assists growers in understanding and complying with the requirements of the Food Safety Modernization Act's Produce Safety Rule. The portal, which serves as a central data repository, provides growers with access to the data collected by PSP concerning their own operations and to digital produce safety inspection reports.
The new PSP Portal training resources include: