Foothill Apartment Association is a nonprofit trade organization providing information, education, advocacy and member services to rental property owners in the San Gabriel Valley and Foothill Communities. FAA works to promote individual private property rights in order to preserve the free enterprise system.

AB 530 (Krekorian) expands a program allowing a city prosecutor to file an unlawful detainer on the property owner’s behalf when a tenant is guilty of a crime involving unlawful weapons or ammunition or illegal drug possession on the property.

 AB 568 (Lieu) declares that a non-residential property used for certain counterfeiting activities constitutes a nuisance that will be subject to public and private remedies – including abatement orders and injunctions.

EPA’S New Renovation ,
Repair and Painting Rule (RRP) 40 CFR 745

Effective April 2010, a new EPA regulation requires all contractors and others performing renovations on properties constructed prior to 1978, receive a certification by an EPA accredited trainer.

To read more go to http://www.epa.gov/lead/pubs/renovation.htm#requirements

EPA’S New Renovation, RRP Certification Deadline
Extended

For violations of the RRP Rule's renovation-worker certification requirement, EPA will not enforce against individual renovation workers if they have applied or enrolled in training by not later than September 30, 2010 . They must enroll in certificatied renovator classes to train contractors in practices necessary for compliance with the final rules. Renovators must complete the training by December 31, 2010.

Reminder
On October 11, 2009, Assembly Bill 1020 was signed into California State law. This bill adds Section 116064.2 to the California Health and Safety Code.

This new section incorporates provisions of the federal Virginia Graeme Baker (VGB) Act into California State law and is intended to prevent suction drain entrapments and drownings. The new law requires that all public pools be retrofitted with approved drain covers.

To read more go to http://www.publichealth.lacounty.gov/eh/docs/ep_rw_ab1020.pdf