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On Wednesday, March 29 at SAMCAR's 2023 Annual Meeting, the recipients of the C.A.R. Honorary Member-for-Life were recognized by Association Executive Alane Gilbrech, acknowledging their achievement of this prestigious membership distinction. Honorary member Marilyn St. Germain-Hall led the Pledge of Allegiance to open the program. Also at the Annual Meeting was the presentation of "2022 by the Numbers"—an infographic annual report—a legislative update with SAMCAR Government Affairs Director Fernando Peña, introduction of the 2023-2025 Strategic Plan by President Marla Perego, and an MLSListings update with Dave Wetzel and Mark Messimer.

See a demo of the rich mixture of tax data and listing data available to you in Realist (from CoreLogic), and the powerful sales and marketing tools offered, in the latest episode of MLSListings Vendor Spotlight. Watch Now: https://youtu.be/bxqphhvlX6o

In 2022, the SAMCAR Foundation awarded $54,000 in grants and donations to numerous charities in San Mateo County thanks in large part to the generous support of SAMCAR members and sponsors. Read more for a detailed report of 2022 charitable giving.

In this video, MLSListings Corporate Trainer David Scalora explains how to locate the area number of a listing or on a map search in MLSListings using the layer menu feature.

2023 SAMCAR President Marla Perego and the Board of Directors were officially sworn into their term by special guest Installation Officer, San Mateo County Supervisor David J. Canepa, at SAMCAR's 2023 Installation ceremony on Thursday, January 19, 2023 at Domenico Winery in San Carlos. Also honored were SAMCAR's Past Presidents, Outgoing Directors and Committee Chairs, and award winners for 2022 REALTOR® of the Year, Affiliate of the Year, Community Service, and Homeowner Hero Awards.

San Mateo County home sales reports and infographics (with data from MLSListings, Inc.) for all of 2022 are available for you to share on your social media, e-mail and other marketing (remember to use the hashtag #SAMCARStats when sharing on social media).

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

Watch this video for a quick rundown of the new and exciting offerings now available from Aculist. https://youtu.be/keEaPg1YpdI

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.

On Wednesday, October 19, 2022, the San Mateo County REALTORS® Foundation returned to Bel Mateo Bowl for its popular Bowl-o-Rama fundraiser event bringing together over 200 SAMCAR members, staff, and friends for an energetic evening of bowling, raffle prizes and fun, raising more than $7,800 to benefit housing-related charities in San Mateo County.

The Young Professionals Network of the San Mateo County Association of REALTORS®, SAMCAR YPN, invites you to join a monthly mastermind group featuring informative speakers and panels, and an opportunity to connect with your colleagues and discuss the topics that matter most to you and your business. Join us on the second Thursday of each month at 10 AM on Zoom.

MLSListings invites you to watch the latest episode of MLSListings Vendor Spotlight for an overview of the vast amount of tools and resources available to you on Realtor.com: https://youtu.be/1ILjDyGfY7o

On Thursday, August 4, SAMCAR members and friends gathered at San Mateo Central Park for the annual Member Appreciation Picnic. Guests enjoyed boxed lunches from Esposto's Catering and a hosted bar, as well as games like giant Jenga and cornhole, and an opportunity to meet and connect in person outside on a sunny day in San Mateo. SAMCAR partnered with the Food Recovery Network to fight food waste and work to end hunger by donating excess food from this event. Surplus boxed lunches and individual bags of potato chips were donated to the LifeMoves First Step For Families, which provides interim shelter and services to 39 families experiencing homelessness in San Mateo. Photography of the event was provided by Affiliate member Craig Burleigh. View more photos on Flickr. Many thanks to SAMCAR members and friends for joining us for the picnic and to our 2022 Corporate Sponsors for making this event possible.

In August 2021, the SAMCAR Foundation awarded CORA (Community Overcoming Relationship Abuse) a $2,500 grant to provide support towards keeping domestic violence survivors and their children safely housed in the San Carlos area. Read more for a report from CORA providing a snapshot of the impact of this partnership on the lives of survivors of intimate partner abuse and their children.

PRDS has updated its Fire Hardening Defensible Space ("FHDS") form. The revised form is dated 6/2022. Unlike C.A.R., PRDS only had to make a few minor changes to better help Agents and their Clients understand the two complex state laws that necessitate use of a hybrid type of form that is both a Seller Disclosure and an Agreement between the Seller and Buyer.

The video recording of the latest episode of MLSListings Live – which takes a close look at two products you have free access to with your MLSListings subscription (Cloud MLX and Cloud Streams) – is now available to view on-demand. https://youtu.be/hbGQsbByY9Y

Effective June 27, 2022, SAMCAR Supra eKEYS and BTLE lockboxes may access and work in a greatly expanded area. SAMCAR and associations in the KIM Users Group (Bay East, Bridge, Contra Costa County, Delta, Monterey County, San Benito County, San Francisco, Santa Clara County, Santa Cruz County, Silicon Valley) have established automatic cooperative reciprocal key and lockbox access, at no additional fee or cost, with the forty associations that are members of CRMLS. For a complete list of all 40 CRMLS associations check out: https://go.crmls.org/associations/ (Metrolist and BAREIS are not part of this automatic reciprocal key access and agents seeking to access Metrolist or BAREIS lockboxes will still need to pay for cooperating key access with those MLSs).

C.A.R. was recently informed that a REALTOR® in Moreno Valley was physically assaulted during an open house. Fortunately, the REALTOR® was able to fend off the attacker when a family showed up to view the property. As a reminder, C.A.R. advises members to work in pairs during open houses and showings, whenever possible, and has created a safety video for tips on staying safe while showing homes, meeting clients and holding open houses.

On Thursday, June 16, 2022, for the first time in nearly two years, the San Mateo County REALTORS® Foundation hosted "Cheers for Charity"—an in-person fundraiser event at Dominic's at Oyster Point in South San Francisco—bringing together SAMCAR members, staff, and friends for dinner, drinks, raffle prizes and live music from the As Is Band, raising more than $5,900 to benefit housing-related charities in San Mateo County.

The South San Francisco City Council passed a new sewer lateral ordinance at its March 23 meeting. The new ordinance does not become effective until Tuesday, June 21, 2022. According to Eunejune Kim, City of South San Francisco Director of Public Works, purchase and sale agreements entered prior to June 21 are exempt. Transactions entered prior to June 21 do not have to be closed to be exempt. Multi-unit residential buildings sharing a lateral are exempt. However, June 21 marks the new compliance date for all transactions entered after June 21 moving forward.

In April the MLSListings Board of Directors voted to amend the MLS rules section for the type of lockboxes allowable in the MLS service area: Effective immediately, the Supra BT LE is the required type, if any lockbox is used to provide showing access for agents. Read more about this MLSListings rule change, enforcement and how to obtain Supra BT LE lockboxes as well as how to properly discard of Supra iBox BT, which are now considered electronic waste (e-waste).

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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.