Offers of purchase: real property damaged by wildfire disaster.

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide details on enforcement mechanisms or consequences beyond the five-year period.

Rules on Buying Damaged Property After Wildfires

The bill stops large property owners from making unsolicited offers to buy homes damaged by wildfires for five years after a state of emergency is declared.

What This Bill Does

• Prohibits individuals or entities owning, directly or indirectly, 75 or more single-family properties from offering to purchase real property in areas affected by wildfire disasters where a state of emergency has been proclaimed.
• Applies this prohibition for five years starting from the date that the governor or president declares a state of emergency due to wildfire damage.

Who It Names or Affects

• Individuals or entities owning at least 75 single-family properties who wish to buy property in areas damaged by wildfires.
• Homeowners whose properties are affected by wildfire disasters.

Terms To Know

State of Emergency

A situation declared by the governor or president when there is a serious threat to public safety, such as during a disaster like a wildfire.

Unsolicited Offer

An offer made without being asked for, such as an unexpected proposal to buy someone's property.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not specify what happens if the five-year period ends and a wildfire disaster is still ongoing.
• It doesn't explain how this rule will be enforced or who will ensure compliance with it.

Official Summary Text

SB 1090, as amended, Pérez.
Housing: disaster impacted areas.
Offers of purchase: real property damaged by wildfire disaster.
Existing law describes the rights and obligations of owners of real property, including that the owner of land in fee has the right to the surface and to everything permanently situated beneath or above it.
This bill would prohibit any individual or entity that owns, directly or indirectly, 75 or more single-family properties from making an unsolicited offer to purchase real property that is located in an area affected by a wildfire disaster for which a state of emergency has been proclaimed by the Governor or the President of the United States. The bill would apply this prohibition for 5 years commencing on the date that the state of emergency is proclaimed. The bill would make its provisions severable.
Existing law establishes the Department of Housing and Community Development and requires it to administer various programs intended to promote the development of housing, including the Multifamily Housing Program.
Existing law, the Planning and Zoning Law, requires a city or county to adopt a general plan for the land use and development of the county or city that includes, among other things, a housing element. Existing law requires the housing element to consist of an identification and analysis of existing and projected housing needs and a statement of goals, policies, quantified objectives, financial resources, and scheduled programs for the preservation, improvement, and development of housing.
This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation relating to housing in disaster impacted areas.

Current Bill Text

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