Archive for October, 2011
Rental scammer sentenced to two years, ordered to pay restitution to victims
Posted by Jerry in Apartments on October 29, 2011
A woman who preyed on apartment hunters by pretending to rent to them and then keeping their money was sentenced to two years in state prison Friday and ordered to pay more than $100,000 in restitution. Rachael Marie Smith, 30, was sentenced after pleading guilty Aug. 29 to three counts of grand theft in a [...]
Imperial Beach tax bills are hundreds of dollars off
Ann Marie Harbin purchased the home she grew up in from her mother 12 years ago. Because the property taxes are part of her mortgage and impounded, she never really noticed until a good friend asked her take a closer look at a property tax bill. — Nelvin C. Cepeda Thousands of tax bills mailed [...]
STATE LEGISLATIVE UPDATE
by ogalvez@sdcaa.com Yesterday, Governor Brown signed AB 341 (Chesbro), a bill opposed by SDCAA which establishes new solid waste recycling requirements for commercial and residential properties. SDCAA had negotiated less rigid and more reasonable standards earlier in the year which were amended into another bill, AB 818 (Blumenfield). SDCAA ended up with a neutral position on [...]