Folsom, CA Rental Property Rules: Rent Control (2026)
Rent control rules in Folsom, CA, also known as rent stabilization or rent cap ordinances, limit annual rent increases and protect tenants from displacement.
Key Facts
- Local cap
- None
- State cap
- 5% + CPI, max 10%
- Just cause
- After 12 months (AB 1482)
- Exempt
- SFH owned by individual
- New build exempt
- < 15 years old
Summary
Folsom has no local rent control ordinance. California AB 1482 (Tenant Protection Act of 2019) caps annual rent increases at 5% + local CPI (max 10%) and requires just cause for eviction on most rental housing in Folsom. Single-family homes owned by non-corporate landlords are generally exempt.
1947.12.
(a) (1) Subject to subdivision (b), an owner of residential real property shall not, over the course of any 12-month period, increase the gross rental rate for a dwelling or a unit more than 5 percent plus the percentage change in the cost of living, or 10 percent, whichever is lower, of the lowest gross rental rate charged for that dwelling or unit at any time during the 12 months prior to the effective date of the increase. In determining the lowest gross rental amount pursuant to this section, any rent discounts, incentives, concessions, or credits offered by the owner of such unit of residential real property and accepted by the tenant shall be excluded. The gross per-month rental rate and any owner-offered discounts, incentives, concessions, or credits shall be separately listed and identified in the lease or rental agreement or any amendments to an existing lease or rental agreement.
(2) If the same tenant remains in occupancy of a unit of residential real property over any 12-month period, the gross rental rate for the unit of residential real property shall not be increased in more than two increments over that 12-month period, subject to the other restrictions of this subdivision governing gross rental rate increase.
(b) For a new tenancy in which no tenant from the prior tenancy remains in lawful possession of the residential real property, the owner may establish the initial rental rate not subject to subdivision (a). Subdivision (a) is only applicable to subsequent increases after that initial rental rate has been established.
Full Breakdown
Folsom has not adopted a local rent control ordinance. State law AB 1482 (Tenant Protection Act of 2019, Civil Code §1946.2 and §1947.12) is the controlling rent regulation. AB 1482 caps annual rent increases at 5% plus the local Consumer Price Index change, not to exceed 10% total, for covered units. AB 1482 covers most multifamily buildings over 15 years old and corporate-owned single-family homes. Exempt units include single-family homes and condos owned by individuals or family trusts (not LLCs or corporations) when proper disclosure is given, owner-occupied duplexes, and housing built within the last 15 years (rolling). AB 1482 also imposes just-cause eviction protections after a tenant has lived in the unit for 12 months: terminations require either at-fault or specified no-fault grounds with relocation assistance. Local Costa-Hawkins Act (Civil Code §1954.50) also limits the scope of any future rent control Folsom might adopt.
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