El Monte, CA Rental Property Rules: Rent Increase Notice (2026)

060(A) sets the mechanics: starting in 2016, on or after May 1 of each year, a park owner may raise rent over the allowable rent as of May 1 of the prior year by 100 percent of the percentage increase in the CPI last reported as of January 30 in the current year over the CPI last reported as of January 30 in the prior year, with the result rounded to the nearest quarter percent. Subsection B caps the very first 2016 increase so it cannot exceed the CPI movement measured from July 1, 2015 (the ordinance's base date) to the date of the increase notice.

S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Notice runs on two tracks under subsection C: the City Manager must post the allowable annual percentage at City Hall and on the city's website by March 15 of each year, and every mobilehome park owner must then post a copy of that notice in a prominent place within the park within three business days of receiving it from the city. Subsection D makes the increase one-directional: if the CPI falls, no rent decrease is required. Subsection E layers the local posting duty on top of, not instead of, state law, specifying that a permitted increase shall not be effective and shall not be demanded, accepted, or retained until the landlord has given the notice required by state law, referring to the separate notice the Mobilehome Residency Law requires directly to tenants.