Once again, the chronic and acute shortage of housing in California takes center stage in this week’s blog, as has happened so many times over the past several years. This time, the spotlight is on Palo Alto, whose debates over development have also previously been featured here. The controversy at hand … [Read More...] about Housing crisis-inspired policy goals now at loggerheads in Palo Alto
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IRS issues final safe harbor rules for rental real estate owners to take the 20% qualified business income deduction under Section 199A
Real property-related tax questions have long been a mainstay of this blog. Since being passed into law in late 2017, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act … [Read More...] about IRS issues final safe harbor rules for rental real estate owners to take the 20% qualified business income deduction under Section 199A
“Sham” workarounds after failed Section 1031 exchanges may expose qualified intermediaries to penalties under new FTB guidance
Section 1031 tax-deferred exchanges and their intricacies have been a substantial aspect of my law practice for many years, and are a regular … [Read More...] about “Sham” workarounds after failed Section 1031 exchanges may expose qualified intermediaries to penalties under new FTB guidance
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Can SB 330, the Housing Crisis Act of 2019, succeed in lowering barriers to residential development in California?
In my last blog post, I wrote about AB 1482, the statewide rent control bill adopted by the California legislature, which Governor Gavin Newsom has just signed. Awaiting action by Newsom momentarily is the Housing … [Read More...] about Can SB 330, the Housing Crisis Act of 2019, succeed in lowering barriers to residential development in California?
AB 1482, California’s statewide rent control bill, passes the state legislature and now awaits action by Governor Newsom
It seems as though I was just writing about California’s critical, protracted shortage of housing a couple of weeks ago. And it also seems that, whenever this problem gets brought up, the debatable response of rent … [Read More...] about AB 1482, California’s statewide rent control bill, passes the state legislature and now awaits action by Governor Newsom
State housing policies conflict with those of Los Altos and other cities as the struggle to solve California’s housing crisis moves to the courts
For better or worse, the acute, chronic lack of housing in the Golden State is once again the focus of attention. An analysis published recently by U.C. Berkeley’s Terner Center for Housing Innovation shows that … [Read More...] about State housing policies conflict with those of Los Altos and other cities as the struggle to solve California’s housing crisis moves to the courts