Pittsburg, CA Rental Property Rules: Rental Registration (2026)

(a) Notwithstanding any other law, after a tenant has continuously and lawfully occupied a residential real property for 12 months, the owner of the residential real property shall not terminate the tenancy without just cause, which shall be stated in the written notice to terminate tenancy. (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. (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. (d) This section shall not apply to the following residential real properties: (4) Housing that has been issued a certificate of occupancy within the previous 15 years. (5) Residential real property that is alienable separate from the title to any other dwelling unit, provided that both of the following apply: (A) The owner is not any of the following: (i) A real estate investment trust, as defined in Section 856 of the Internal Revenue Code. (ii) A corporation. (iii) A limited liability company in which at least one member is a corporation. (6) A duplex in which the owner occupied one of the units as the owner's principal place of residence at the beginning of the tenancy, so long as the owner continues in occupancy.