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CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® California Community College Real Estate Education Conference October 3, 2014

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Robyn Spiller, Government Field Representative, California Association of Realtors, Presentation Southern California Real Estate Educators' Conference Hilton Hotel, Los Angeles Airport October 3, 2014

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  • 1. CALIFORNIAASSOCIATION OFREALTORSCalifornia Community College RealEstate Education ConferenceOctober 3, 2014

2. 2000 Bills Every Year 500 have a potential impact on Real EstateC.A.Rs Policy ActionsSponsor LegislationSupport or OpposeSeek AmendmentsMonitor or Watch 3. Action Equals Success 4. Who remembers? 5. New LegislationThe Good, The Badand The Ugly 6. The Good AB 2430 (Maienschein) HOA Anti-bundling - providingspecific document delivery and disclosure standards AB 1513 (Fox) Squatters - creates a pilot program inthree cities permitting the owner of a vacant propertyto register it with local law enforcement, file a"Declaration of Ownership" with the DA, allowing locallaw enforcement to obtain a restraining order AB 2018 (Bocanegra) CalBRE "Team Names" -providing needed clarification in the regulation ofteam names by CalBRE. 7. The Bad AB 2039 (Muratsuchi) Auction Companies - prohibitsthe homeowner or listing agent to defend or indemnifythe auction company for any liability resulting from theauction company's actions and prohibits shill bids AB 2136 (Daly) Social Media - which clarifiesREALTOR record retention obligations when itcomes to electronic communications and relievesmembers from the possibility of having to save all"ephemeral" electronic communications, such astweets and texts. 8. The UglyAB 2416 (Stone) Employee Wage LiensUnder current law, an individual who works on thecreation or improvement of a property can record amechanics lien against the property to ensure payment.AB 2416 would authorize an employee to record a newkind of lien for unpaid wages against their employers realor personal property. C.A.R. opposes this measurebecause it jeopardizes financing of properties by thecreation of a new lien "clouding" title without due processfor property owners 9. What can you do?Storm The Castle? 10. Legislative DayWednesday, April 29, 2015SacramentoGovernor Jerry Brown has been invited to speak to usabout issues that affect our industry!Capitol ReceptionIn honor of C.A.R.'s valued political contributors and State VIPs, come mixand mingle with California's power elite! 11. Become a Legislative LiaisonInvest in the REALTOR ActionFund 12. Voter RegistrationYour vote matters forHomeownership!Registration deadline:October 20, 2014Online registration at:www.realtorparty.car.org 13. SomeREALTORS areRepublicans 14. QUESTIONS? 15. Want more?Invite your local Government Affairs FieldRepresentative to your next meeting!Robyn [email protected] (714) 336-0342