Smoke-Free Multi-Unit Housing:
Smoke-Free Multi-Unit Housing Presentations...
| Update from Jim Bergman, J.D., Smoke-Free Environments Law Project Co-Director, The Center for Social Gerontology, Inc. in Ann Arbor, Michigan: |
On April 15 & 16th, I was fortunate to be
able to do hour-long presentations for the
membership of the Property Management
Association of Western Michigan
(PMAWM), of which we are a member.
The presentation (the same to both
groups of PMAWM members) was titled
Smoke-Free Multi-Unit Housing Has Come
of Age and included a 59-slide
PowerPoint presentation.
able to do hour-long presentations for the
membership of the Property Management
Association of Western Michigan
(PMAWM), of which we are a member.
The presentation (the same to both
groups of PMAWM members) was titled
Smoke-Free Multi-Unit Housing Has Come
of Age and included a 59-slide
PowerPoint presentation.
Included in the beginning of the presentation are 20 slides which each have the company logo and
photos of buildings of large and small apartment companies in Michigan which have adopted smoke-free
policies for some or all their buildings. These slides demonstrated graphically that smoke-free multi-unit
housing truly has come of age and that it’s happening among large and small apartment owners and
that it’s happening all over the state. The slides also show that public housing commissions/authorities
are adopting smoke-free policies, as are other affordable housing companies. The 4th to the last slide is
also a great one because it’s a slide from the web site for Parkside Commons, a new apartment building
just outside Boston, Massachusetts, and this web page is touting the apartment building being a 100%
smoke-free environment, showing that they see this as a major amenity and selling point for the
residents they want to attract — young, healthy and wealthy.
You can access the 59-slide PowerPoint presentation directly at http://www.tcsg.org/sfelp/PMAWM4-15-
08.ppt If you simply want to view the presentation in pdf format, with 6 slides per page, you can access
the pdf directly at http://www.tcsg.org/sfelp/PMAWM4-15-08(ppt).pdf Feel free to download either of
these and use and adapt them as you see fit. Folks in Michigan may especially want to use the
PowerPoint for your own presentations.
You’ll also be able to access the PowerPoint and pdf on the SFELP Apartments site at http://www.tcsg.
org/sfelp/apartment.htm and on the PowerPoint Presentations site at http://www.tcsg.
org/sfelp/Powerpoint_Sfelp.htm Enjoy.
photos of buildings of large and small apartment companies in Michigan which have adopted smoke-free
policies for some or all their buildings. These slides demonstrated graphically that smoke-free multi-unit
housing truly has come of age and that it’s happening among large and small apartment owners and
that it’s happening all over the state. The slides also show that public housing commissions/authorities
are adopting smoke-free policies, as are other affordable housing companies. The 4th to the last slide is
also a great one because it’s a slide from the web site for Parkside Commons, a new apartment building
just outside Boston, Massachusetts, and this web page is touting the apartment building being a 100%
smoke-free environment, showing that they see this as a major amenity and selling point for the
residents they want to attract — young, healthy and wealthy.
You can access the 59-slide PowerPoint presentation directly at http://www.tcsg.org/sfelp/PMAWM4-15-
08.ppt If you simply want to view the presentation in pdf format, with 6 slides per page, you can access
the pdf directly at http://www.tcsg.org/sfelp/PMAWM4-15-08(ppt).pdf Feel free to download either of
these and use and adapt them as you see fit. Folks in Michigan may especially want to use the
PowerPoint for your own presentations.
You’ll also be able to access the PowerPoint and pdf on the SFELP Apartments site at http://www.tcsg.
org/sfelp/apartment.htm and on the PowerPoint Presentations site at http://www.tcsg.
org/sfelp/Powerpoint_Sfelp.htm Enjoy.
Thanks to: Karen Zielaski, Project Director, Healthy Policies, E-mail: healthypolicies@earthlink.net Office: 1(520)290-0032
Senate OKs measure to ban smoking in apartments
Assembly will now weigh bill giving landlords new authority.
| By Patrick McGreevy & Nancy Vogel, Los Angeles Times Staff Writers, May 30, 2008 |
SACRAMENTO -- Already barred from
lighting up in restaurants, theaters and
the office, Californians may also be
banned from smoking in their
apartments under a proposal passed by
the state Senate on Thursday.
The measure would allow landlords to
prohibit smoking in apartment buildings
they own to protect nonsmoking tenants
from secondhand smoke.
The legislation is among a slew of
worker protection and consumer
protection bills that advanced this week
lighting up in restaurants, theaters and
the office, Californians may also be
banned from smoking in their
apartments under a proposal passed by
the state Senate on Thursday.
The measure would allow landlords to
prohibit smoking in apartment buildings
they own to protect nonsmoking tenants
from secondhand smoke.
The legislation is among a slew of
worker protection and consumer
protection bills that advanced this week
in the state Legislature, including bids to restrict lead in lipstick and toys, require nutritional information
on restaurant menus, protect workers from discipline for using marijuana for medical purposes and bar
dentists from arranging credit for patients while they are under the influence of anesthesia.
Senate bills now go to the Assembly for consideration, and vice versa.
In a year when the state is wrestling with a huge budget deficit, the Legislature has largely shelved
non-urgent bills that add to state costs in favor of those that help consumers and whose costs are
absorbed by the private sector.
"This year, consumer protection bills are getting an added emphasis, given the limitations presented by
the budget," said Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Pacoima).
Padilla is the author of SB 1598, which would permit landlords to impose the smoking ban. California
already prohibits smoking in many public places, including playgrounds, concert halls and some
beaches.
"While we have championed the efforts to protect adults in the workplace and bars, we have done very
little in this state to protect children and their families in their own homes," Padilla told his colleagues.
He said his bill would "increase the availability of smoke-free housing in California."
The measure was opposed by Republican lawmakers, including Sen. Dick Ackerman of Irvine, who saw
it as unnecessary meddling, and said it was against the wishes of the public.
"The vast majority of all renters, including . . . nonsmokers, are opposed to it," Ackerman said, citing a
recent survey by Apartments.com.
The proposal, similar to a measure in Utah, is supported by the California Apartment Assn., which
represents about 50,000 property owners, said Monica Williamson, vice president of the group.
"Current law is silent with respect to a landlords' ability to impose a smoking ban," she said. Padilla
agreed to exempt rent-controlled units and require landlords to provide 12 months' notice of a smoking
restriction on an apartment. The bill is opposed by the Apartment Assn., California Southern Cities.
The group said there is nothing in existing law preventing landlords from barring smoking in apartments.
Although the measure must still pass the Assembly, the Senate was considered a significant hurdle.
The Western Center on Law and Poverty argued that the proposal discriminates against the poor, the
disabled and people of color, who smoke and rent at higher rates than other segments of the
population.
on restaurant menus, protect workers from discipline for using marijuana for medical purposes and bar
dentists from arranging credit for patients while they are under the influence of anesthesia.
Senate bills now go to the Assembly for consideration, and vice versa.
In a year when the state is wrestling with a huge budget deficit, the Legislature has largely shelved
non-urgent bills that add to state costs in favor of those that help consumers and whose costs are
absorbed by the private sector.
"This year, consumer protection bills are getting an added emphasis, given the limitations presented by
the budget," said Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Pacoima).
Padilla is the author of SB 1598, which would permit landlords to impose the smoking ban. California
already prohibits smoking in many public places, including playgrounds, concert halls and some
beaches.
"While we have championed the efforts to protect adults in the workplace and bars, we have done very
little in this state to protect children and their families in their own homes," Padilla told his colleagues.
He said his bill would "increase the availability of smoke-free housing in California."
The measure was opposed by Republican lawmakers, including Sen. Dick Ackerman of Irvine, who saw
it as unnecessary meddling, and said it was against the wishes of the public.
"The vast majority of all renters, including . . . nonsmokers, are opposed to it," Ackerman said, citing a
recent survey by Apartments.com.
The proposal, similar to a measure in Utah, is supported by the California Apartment Assn., which
represents about 50,000 property owners, said Monica Williamson, vice president of the group.
"Current law is silent with respect to a landlords' ability to impose a smoking ban," she said. Padilla
agreed to exempt rent-controlled units and require landlords to provide 12 months' notice of a smoking
restriction on an apartment. The bill is opposed by the Apartment Assn., California Southern Cities.
The group said there is nothing in existing law preventing landlords from barring smoking in apartments.
Although the measure must still pass the Assembly, the Senate was considered a significant hurdle.
The Western Center on Law and Poverty argued that the proposal discriminates against the poor, the
disabled and people of color, who smoke and rent at higher rates than other segments of the
population.
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