Membership

On Thursday, December 15, SAMCAR Board of Directors and Staff gathered at Stamp Bar & Grill in San Carlos for a holiday luncheon where the three most recent Region 25 chairs -- Jesse Gutierrez (2020), Elmer Martinez (2021), David Zigal (2022) -- were recognized for their service to the Association.

In September 2021, the California Legislature passed and Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill (SB) 263 (Rubio). The legislation changed the continuing education (CE) course requirements for Department of Real Estate (DRE) licensees effective January 1, 2023. SB 263 did not change the overall 45 hours needed of continuing education. Licensees with a renewal date of January 1, 2023, or later are required to take an Implicit Bias course and an Interactive Fair Housing course as part of their 45 hours of CE. Total required 45 hours of CE remains the same. Please review C.A.R.'s License Renewal page for more information: https://www.car.org/en/education/licenserenewal

Alane Gilbrech, Executive Officer of the San Mateo County Association of REALTORS is being honored by the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS with the REALTOR association Certified Executive (RCE) designation, which recognizes exceptional efforts made by the REALTOR® association executives.

The LGBTQ+ Real Estate Alliance, one of the nation's leading LGBTQ+ trade organizations with more than 2,200 members, has unveiled its second annual LGBTQ+ Real Estate Report, which found that while Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) efforts and marketing towards the LGBTQ+ community have gained traction, unconscious bias and blatant discrimination remain all too common in the real estate industry. This includes 20.7% of surveyed Alliance members identifying real estate agents as the leading culprit in how housing discrimination occurs against the LGBTQ+ real estate home buyer.

On Thursday, March 24 at SAMCAR's 2022 Annual Meeting, the recipients of the C.A.R. Honorary Member-for-Life were recognized by 2022 President Jessica Eva, acknowledging their achievement of this prestigious membership distinction.

The National Association of REALTORS (NAR) recently launched a new website, Competition.Realtor, to serve as a hub of information about how REALTORS and local MLS broker marketplaces create competitive, efficient, pro-consumer markets. Learn more at https://Competition.Realtor