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Proposed Duplex Exemption: What it Could Mean for Tenants

December 11, 2018June 22, 2019 Mark Elliot duplex exemption, duplexes, max increase

Since Beverly Hills enacted rent stabilization in 1978 the RSO ordinance has applied to multifamily rental properties of two units or more. A few rental properties escaped its reach, namely condominiums and buildings built after 1995. Now City Council appears ready to categorically exempt many more, including owner-occupied duplexes. It is a major break from precedent with real implications for hundreds of families. Here’s what a duplex exemption means for tenants.

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Beverly Hills Will Ban Smoking in Multifamily Properties

September 21, 2017May 18, 2019 Mark Elliot duplexes, John Mirisch, Julian Gold, smoking

After winding its way though the policy machinery for the past year, Beverly Hills City Council has unanimously supported a policy to regulate smoking in multifamily properties (including condominium buildings). Councilmembers spoke up strongly on Tuesday in favor of banning smoking in all apartments, for both new and existing tenancies, and will phase-in the prohibition over an accelerated one-year period. That means all smoking ceases in multifamily properties by January 1, 2019.