NEW LAWS IN CALIFORNIA REAL ESTATE
AB 2745 Changes the experience requirements to sit for the real estate broker exam. The bill requires that non-licensed, general real estate experience used to qualify for the exam occur within five years of the exam application date.
AB 2960 Specifies that the real estate disclosure statement requirements in effect on the date the parties entered into contract shall be the requirements that apply to that sales contract. Any subsequent changes to the disclosure requirement statute after the parties enter into the sales contract will not apply to that contract unless the statute specifies otherwise. Senate Bill (SB) 1005 Clarifies the current Probate Code regarding how a guardian or conservator may bring an action to partition a property if the property is the conservatee’s present or former personal residence. Partition actions involve one party of a jointly owned property who wants to sell their ownership rights. SB 1017 Clarifies current law about the tenancy protections for victims of domestic violence or abuse, their household members, and their immediate family members. This includes protections that allow victims to terminate their tenancy without penalty and protection from eviction based solely on those acts of violence or abuse. It also expands existing eviction protections to tenants whose family members are victims and to tenants who are victims of gun violence or other crimes causing bodily injury. Further, it expands the evidence a court can consider as proof of abuse or violence in eviction proceedings and establishes new court procedures to grant a partial eviction when the perpetrator of violence resides in the same unit as the victim. Lastly, the bill makes landlords liable in a civil action to the tenant for actual damages and for a fine of up to $5,000 if they do not allow a victim, who follows proper noticing requirements, to terminate their tenancy without penalty. Beginning January 1, 2024, SB 1495 Will modify the required course content of the real estate practice course, which is required for all applicants for the real estate salesperson examination and broker examination. The course will now include the following additional elements: A component on implicit bias, including education about the impact of implicit bias, explicit bias, and systemic bias on consumers; the historical and social impacts of those biases; and actionable steps students can take to recognize and address their own implicit biases. A component on federal and state fair housing laws and their application to the practice of real estate, which also includes an interactive participatory component where the student role-plays as both a consumer and a real estate professional. SB 1495 also extends from 30 to 45 the number of days a licensee has to publish a statement in a local newspaper when they decide to use a fictitious business name.
Source: California Department of Real Estate, www.dre.ca.gov
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