SAN DIEGO—AB2093 requires more-extensive disclosures in commercial leases regarding a property's compliance with disability-access requirements—and more, Hecht Solberg' Goldberg & Bagley LLP partner Jonathon Giebeler tells GlobeSt.com. We spoke exclusively with Giebeler about the state bill and what commercial landlords need to know about it.
GlobeSt.com: Please explain what AB2093 does.
Giebeler: California Assembly Bill 2093, effective as of September 16, 2016, amends California's existing law to require more extensive disclosures in commercial leases regarding a property's compliance with disability-access requirements and to create a presumption that landlords are responsible for correcting violations of those requirements. Since July 1, 2013, California Civil Code Section 1938 has required landlords to disclose in every lease of commercial property whether the property being leased has been inspected by a Certified Access Specialist and, if so, whether the property complies with disability access requirements.
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Carrie Rossenfeld
Carrie Rossenfeld is a reporter for the San Diego and Orange County markets on GlobeSt.com and a contributor to Real Estate Forum. She was a trade-magazine and newsletter editor in New York City before moving to Southern California to become a freelance writer and editor for magazines, books and websites. Rossenfeld has written extensively on topics including commercial real estate, running a medical practice, intellectual-property licensing and giftware. She has edited books about profiting from real estate and has ghostwritten a book about starting a home-based business.
