Ventura, CA Rental Property Rules: Rent Control (2026)
Rent control rules in Ventura, CA, also known as rent stabilization or rent cap ordinances, limit annual rent increases and protect tenants from displacement.
Key Facts
- Governing chapter
- Municipal Code Chapter 6.600 (adopted 1981)
- Applies to
- Mobile home park space rent only, not apartments
- Increase cap
- Lesser of 7% or 75% of CPI (remainder component)
- Review body
- 5-member Mobile Home Rent Review Board
- Small-park exemption
- Parks under 15 spaces are exempt
- Default penalty
- Up to $1,000 fine or 6 months jail
Summary
In the City of Ventura, general apartment and single-family rents run on California's statewide rent cap, but mobile home park space rent is different: San Buenaventura Municipal Code Chapter 6.600 sets a local formula and requires approval from the city's Mobile Home Rent Review Board or its rent administrator before a park owner can raise a resident's space rent.
There is presently within the city of San Buenaventura and the surrounding areas a continuing shortage of spaces for the location of mobile homes. ... the city council finds and declares it necessary to continue to protect the mobile home owners’ investment in their mobile homes, and to protect the owners and occupiers of mobile homes from unreasonable rent increases, while at the same time recognizing the need of park owners to receive a fair return on their property and rental income sufficient to cover increases in the costs of repairs, maintenance, insurance, employee services, additional amenities, and other costs of operation. ... On and after June 1, 1981, no increase in space rents in the mobile home parks covered by this chapter shall be effective unless approved by the board as set forth in this chapter.
Official source re-checked September 8, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: current through Ordinance 2026-008, passed May 12, 2026).
Full Breakdown
600 covers only month-to-month space rent charged by mobile home parks inside city limits, not apartment or single-family rents. 070 splits the allowable increase into three tracked components: documented housing service cost increases, amortized capital improvement costs (with board-set interest), and a 'remainder' component capped at the lesser of 7 percent or 75 percent of the CPI increase for the Los Angeles-Long Beach area. 070(F) and handles day-to-day administration. 030 exempts nonresidential spaces, parks built after June 1, 1981, government-run parks, tenancies of 20 days or less, parks with fewer than 15 spaces, and pre-1981 long-term leases. 030 spelling out the current and maximum authorized rent.
Violations & Fines
Chapter 6.600 carries no separate penalty section, so an unapproved space-rent increase falls under the code's general enforcement provisions: Municipal Code Section 1.150.010 makes any violation of the code a misdemeanor unless stated otherwise, and Section 1.150.020 sets the default penalty at a fine of up to $1,000, up to six months in jail, or both, with each day of a continuing violation treated as a separate offense.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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