San Leandro, CA Rental Property Rules: Rental Registration (2026)

Chapter 4-45, adopted by Ordinance No. 2025-002 and amended in 2025 and 2026, establishes a citywide Rental Registry to collect data on the rental market. Under § 4-45-120, every landlord, defined broadly to include any person, partnership, corporation, or other business entity offering a unit for rent, must file an annual registration statement with the Program Administrator (the Community Development Director or a designee) no later than January 31 of each year, beginning January 31, 2027. The statement must disclose the site address and Assessor Parcel Number, the date the property was purchased and the year it was built, the type of rental housing, the total number of rental and exempt units, the owner type, contact information for every owner and manager, the rent charged on January 1 of the current and prior year, and any other charges tenants pay.

Landlords also pay a City Council-set program fee that reimburses the City's cost of administering the registry. Section 4-45-130 exempts subsidized or publicly owned units, transient lodging of 30 days or less, hospital and assisted-living rooms, student housing, sober-living and transitional housing, mobile homes (registered instead under Chapter 4-39), and owner-occupied units where the landlord shares a kitchen or bath with the tenant. If every unit on a parcel is exempt, the landlord need not file the annual statement, though the Program Administrator can still require a declaration proving the exemption within 30 days of a request.