Pismo Beach, CA Rental Property Rules: Rent Increase Notice (2026)

Section 5.20.033 requires an annual notice of rent increase, given in accordance with state law, to set forth the increase in base rent and the amount of base rent after the increase, the rent increase for each new capital expense or capital improvement and the payment plan for each, and total rent, including old capital charges not yet fully amortized. If the increase exceeds the seventy-five percent of CPI increase, the notice must also carry the language required by § 5.20.034 A, which tells homeowners that the increase is greater than 75% of the CPI increase and gives the date and place of a meet and confer session. Homeowners must send representatives, and not more than four.

The session is scheduled between seventeen and twenty-five days after the date of the annual notice unless the parties agree otherwise, and it is held in the mobilehome park or another location agreeable to the parties. No later than ten days after the date in the notice, management must make available a statement reviewed by a certified or licensed public accountant listing expenses and income for the prior year, a statement covering the two years preceding the prior year and the base year, and any other information the increase rests on, such as bids for capital work. Each side sends no more than four representatives with authority to bind, and management must include at least one representative familiar with the basis of the increase. A written, signed settlement replaces the noticed increase unless homeowners veto it by filing a valid petition.

Under § 5.20.033 B, management receives the excess increase on the effective date in the notice unless a homeowner majority validly petitions for a rent hearing or a settlement is reached. The form notice warns that if a petition for rent hearing is filed, additional rent equal to a fee for one-half of the per space rent hearing fee set by the City of Pismo Beach will be charged. Section 5.20.032 separately requires a monthly statement showing base rent, each capital amount with its full amortization date, and each submetered utility charge.