Antioch, CA Rental Property Rules: Rent Control (2026)
Rent control rules in Antioch, CA, also known as rent stabilization or rent cap ordinances, limit annual rent increases and protect tenants from displacement.
Key Facts
- Increase cap
- Lesser of 3% or CPI x 60%, per year
- Frequency
- One increase allowed per 12 months
- Adopted
- Ordinance 2219-C-S, October 2022
- State override
- Costa-Hawkins controls in any conflict
- Fair-return relief
- Landlord may petition Hearing Officer
Summary
Antioch Municipal Code § 11-3.04 limits most residential rent increases to the lesser of 3% or 60% of the Bay Area Consumer Price Index, once every 12 months. The 2022 Rent Stabilization Ordinance, § 11-3.01 et seq., yields to the state's Costa-Hawkins Act wherever the two conflict.
§ 11-3.01 TITLE; REFERENCE TO CHAPTER. This Chapter 3 shall be known as the "Rent Stabilization Ordinance".
§ 11-3.02 APPLICATION. The provisions of this Rent Stabilization Ordinance are applicable to any building or part of a building that is used for residence and that is rented to a tenant as a dwelling place... This Rent Stabilization Ordinance shall be interpreted and administered in a manner consistent with the Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act codified in Cal. Civil Code §§ 1954.50, et seq. ("Costa-Hawkins"), if any conflict exists between the provisions of Costa-Hawkins and this chapter, Costa-Hawkins shall prevail.
§ 11-3.04 LIMIT ON RENTAL RATE INCREASES.
(A) Increases in rent on residential real property in the city may not exceed the lesser of 3% or 60% of the most recent 12-month increase in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers in the San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward Area published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Only one rent increase in any 12 month period is permitted. A reduction in housing services is an increase in rent.
Full Breakdown
01, and amended it by Ordinance 2227-C-S in June 2023. 03. 02 expressly subordinates the whole chapter to state law, directing that it be interpreted consistent with the Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act, Cal. 08 then lists the Costa-Hawkins carve-outs the city must honor, including any unit with a certificate of occupancy issued after February 1, 1995, condominiums and other separately alienable units, single-family homes, and units where the landlord or the landlord's immediate family lives on site. 06, decided within 60 days; either petition requires proof of service on the other party.
Violations & Fines
Charging a rent increase above the § 11-3.04(A) cap, or an increase not effective under § 11-3.09 because the landlord failed to register or serve required notices, exposes a landlord to a tenant's rent reduction petition under § 11-3.06 and to civil liability under § 11-3.11: treble statutory damages or a minimum $1,000, plus a misdemeanor charge punishable by up to $1,000 and six months in county jail.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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