Palm Springs, CA Rental Property Rules: Rent Increase Notice (2026)

02's rent control provisions to residential rental units, including apartments, condominiums, single-family rentals and mobile home spaces, that were renting for less than $450 a month as of September 1, 1979. 080(a) requires a rent increase notice to be served on the tenant, effective no sooner than 90 days after service, delivered in the manner prescribed by law. 080(b) protects tenants further: if the required notice isn't served, the tenant owes no increase until 90 days after a proper notice is actually served. 080(c) closes a loophole where a landlord gives timely notice but doesn't state a dollar figure, in which case a supplemental notice stating the actual dollar increase must be served at least 30 days before the increase takes effect.

065 lets service of a hardship petition on the Rent Review Commission substitute for the increase notice, so long as the tenant still gets at least 30 days' written notice of the actual dollar amount. 090 gives the tenant a civil action for the overpayment as damages, a civil penalty of $300 per violation, and reasonable attorney's fees, and lets the city itself sue for injunctive relief; the landlord bears the burden of proving the increase was valid. 100 separately bars a landlord from retaliating against a tenant for asserting rights under the chapter.