RESOURCES:
Access to all California legislative efforts and statutes. It also allows for a search of legislation under consideration, and allows the reader to track such pending legislation as it makes its way through the process, into law, or to the ‘cutting floor’ (legislative efforts that do not pass the process to become law).
https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/
Official website for the California Bureau of Real Estate, which includes a search for the license status of a real estate agent or broker.
https://www.dre.ca.gov/
Official website for the California State Contractor’s License Board, which includes a search for the license status of a contractor.
https://www.cslb.ca.gov/
Rent Boards: These sites take you to the local rent boards in the Bay Area, which each provide (more in some cities than other) the local laws and regulations, guidance and other useful and necessary information for anyone interested in or affected by local rent control laws.
https://www.cityofberkeley.info/rent/