Robyn Spiller, Government Field Representative, California Association of Realtors, Presentation
Southern California Real Estate Educators' Conference
Hilton Hotel, Los Angeles Airport
October 3, 2014
Building Dreams: Newman Leech's Visionary Approach to Real Estate Investment
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1. CALIFORNIA
ASSOCIATION OF
REALTORS®
California Community College Real
Estate Education Conference
October 3, 2014
2. 2000 Bills Every Year
• 500 have a potential impact on Real Estate
C.A.R’s Policy Actions
Sponsor Legislation
Support or Oppose
Seek Amendments
Monitor or Watch
7. The Good
• AB 2430 (Maienschein) HOA Anti-bundling - providing
specific document delivery and disclosure standards
• AB 1513 (Fox) Squatters - creates a pilot program in
three cities permitting the owner of a vacant property
to register it with local law enforcement, file a
"Declaration of Ownership" with the DA, allowing local
law enforcement to obtain a restraining order
• AB 2018 (Bocanegra) CalBRE "Team Names" -
providing needed clarification in the regulation of
“team” names by CalBRE.
8. The Bad
• AB 2039 (Muratsuchi) Auction Companies - prohibits
the homeowner or listing agent to defend or indemnify
the auction company for any liability resulting from the
auction company's actions and prohibits “shill bids”
• AB 2136 (Daly) Social Media - which clarifies
REALTOR® record retention obligations when it
comes to electronic communications and relieves
members from the possibility of having to save all
"ephemeral" electronic communications, such as
tweets and texts.
9. The Ugly
AB 2416 (Stone) Employee Wage Liens
Under current law, an individual who works on the
creation or improvement of a property can record a
mechanic’s lien against the property to ensure payment.
AB 2416 would authorize an employee to record a new
kind of lien for unpaid wages against their employers real
or personal property. C.A.R. opposes this measure
because it jeopardizes financing of properties by the
creation of a new lien "clouding" title without due process
for property owners
11. Legislative Day
Wednesday, April 29, 2015
Sacramento
Governor Jerry Brown has been invited to speak to us
about issues that affect our industry!
Capitol Reception
In honor of C.A.R.'s valued political contributors and State VIPs, come mix
and mingle with California's power elite!
18. Want more?
Invite your local Government Affairs Field
Representative to your next meeting!
Robyn Spiller
RobynS@car.org
Cell (714) 336-0342
Notes de l'éditeur
On the last night of session Assemblyman Stone was unable to pass AB 2416 (Employee Wage Liens) because he did not have the votes to move the bill. C.A.R. has been opposing this bill all year. Last Thursday the bill failed passage in the Senate, 13 to 15 with 12 not voting, reconsideration was granted. At 3 a.m. Saturday morning failing to garner the votes necessary to pass the bill the session closed and the bill died. Thanks to: DeAnn and the field staff for the red alert efforts resulting in the defeat last Thursday and holding those “NO” votes preventing, the author from taking the bill up Saturday morning; to Rian working on the red alert technology behind the scenes; and, to Stan and Jen who hung in there at the back door of the senate until Mr. Stone was forced to “give up”. The Assembly adjourned with the bill still in the Senate and needing a concurrence in the Assembly even if it could pass the Senate.