Rental Property Rules in California (2026)

California limits annual rent increases statewide to 5% plus the local change in the cost of living, capped at 10%…

Berkeley has one of the nation strongest Rent Stabilization Ordinances (adopted 1980) with annual AGA increases…

Citrus Heights has no local rent control ordinance. California AB 1482 (Tenant Protection Act of 2019) applies…

Escondido has NO local rent control. State AB 1482 (Tenant Protection Act 2019) caps annual rent increases at 5% + CPI…

Isleton has no local rent control ordinance. The statewide Tenant Protection Act of 2019 (AB 1482) limits annual rent…

The Mountain View CSFRA caps rent increases on pre-1995 multi-family units at CPI (2-5 percent). Just-cause eviction…

Port Hueneme does not have a local rent control ordinance. California's statewide Tenant Protection Act (AB 1482)…

Unincorporated Sacramento County has NO local rent cap. Statewide AB 1482 (Tenant Protection Act of 2019) applies…

San Bernardino has no local rent stabilization, but AB 1482 (Civil Code 1947.12) caps annual rent increases at 5% plus…

San Leandro adopted a local Rent Review Ordinance in 2020 for mediation. AB 1482 statewide rent cap also applies…

Sunnyvale has local Rent Stabilization plus statewide AB 1482 protections. Most multifamily rentals are capped at…

Alameda caps most residential rent increases at an Annual General Adjustment tied to seventy percent of the Bay Area…

Antioch Municipal Code § 11-3.04 limits most residential rent increases to the lesser of 3% or 60% of the Bay Area…

Baldwin Park caps annual rent increases on controlled rental units (generally those built before January 1, 1995) at…

Burbank does not have a local rent control ordinance. State law AB 1482 (Tenant Protection Act) applies, capping rent…

Carson caps mobile home space rent at 1979 levels under a dedicated rent stabilization ordinance -- but this covers…

Corona has no local rent control ordinance, but California's statewide AB 1482 (Tenant Protection Act of 2019) applies…

El Monte caps mobilehome space rent increases through Chapter 8.70, which applies citywide except for spaces under an…

Elk Grove has no local rent control ordinance. Statewide AB 1482 (Tenant Protection Act of 2019) caps annual rent…

Hayward caps most annual rent increases on covered apartments at 5% under its Residential Rent Stabilization and Tenant…

Lancaster caps annual rent increases in mobile home parks under Municipal Code Section 11.08.060, tying the raise to…

Livermore has NO local rent control ordinance; only statewide AB 1482 Tenant Protection Act applies, capping annual…

Los Angeles's Rent Stabilization Ordinance makes it unlawful to charge more than the maximum adjusted rent on covered…

Unincorporated LA County caps annual rent hikes on pre-1995 rental units at 3% (up to 4% for small landlords, 5% for…

Modesto's Mobile Home Rent Stabilization Program caps annual space-rent increases in the City's roughly nine mobile…

In the City of Pacifica, mobile home space rents are capped by a local rent stabilization ordinance, not by market…

Palmdale caps rent only for mobile home park spaces, not apartments or houses. Under Municipal Code Chapter 5.44…

Pasadena voters approved Measure H in 2022 establishing rent stabilization. The max allowable increase is 3.0% (Oct…

Petaluma does not cap rent for apartments or houses, which California's Costa-Hawkins Act leaves to state law, but it…

Rialto regulates rent only in mobile home parks. Under RMC Chapter 4.01, a park owner cannot charge more than the space…

Rohnert Park caps rent only inside its mobile home parks. Section 9.70.040 rolled space rents back to the December 1…

Sacramento's Tenant Protection Program caps annual rent increases at 5% plus a cost-of-living adjustment, up to a…

Santa Ana caps annual rent increases on covered residential units and mobilehome spaces at 3%, or 80% of the change in…

Santa Barbara County has capped mobile home space rents since 1979, but only inside mobile home parks in the…

Santa Monica has one of California's strictest rent control laws, adopted by voters in 1979. The 2025 general…

Santa Rosa's Chapter 6-66 caps rent for mobilehome park spaces, not apartments or houses. Owners can't charge above the…

The City of Sonoma runs a rent stabilization program under SMC Chapter 9.80, but it covers only mobilehome park space…

Thousand Oaks caps how much mobile home park landlords can raise rent on existing tenants each year, tying automatic…

Whittier has no citywide rent control for apartments; its rent stabilization law reaches only mobilehome parks annexed…

The LA County Rent Stabilization & Tenant Protections Ordinance (RSTPO) caps annual rent increases in covered Altadena…

Anaheim has no local rent control ordinance. California AB 1482 caps annual rent increases at 5% plus CPI or 10%…

Camarillo caps rent increases only in mobile home parks, not apartments or houses. Chapter 10.55, adopted May 13, 2026…

Carlsbad has no citywide rent-control ordinance, but Municipal Code Section 21.37.120(D) caps rent increases for one…

Chino does not regulate apartment or house rents, but its 1978 voter-adopted Chapter 2.68 caps space rent increases in…

California's Tenant Protection Act (AB 1482) applies in Chula Vista. The law caps annual rent increases at 5% plus the…

Downey has no local rent control ordinance. Statewide AB 1482 (Tenant Protection Act) applies: annual rent increases…

Fillmore does not have a local rent control ordinance. California's Tenant Protection Act (AB 1482) caps annual rent…

Folsom has no local rent control ordinance. California AB 1482 (Tenant Protection Act of 2019) caps annual rent…

Fontana has no local rent control but is subject to California AB 1482. The state law caps rent increases at 5 percent…

Fremont has no local rent stabilization ordinance; rentals are subject only to California AB 1482 statewide rent cap at…

Fresno does not have a local rent control ordinance. However, the statewide California Tenant Protection Act (AB 1482)…

CA AB 1482 caps annual rent increases in unincorporated Fresno County at 5% + regional CPI, not to exceed 10%. No…

Galt has no local rent control ordinance. California AB 1482 (Tenant Protection Act of 2019) caps annual rent increases…

Glendale has no local rent board or rent-cap ordinance of its own. Instead, the statewide Tenant Protection Act, Civil…

Hanford does not have a local rent control ordinance. California AB 1482 (Tenant Protection Act of 2019) provides…

Hemet's five-member Mobile Home Rent Review Commission hears tenant petitions against space-rent hikes at any mobile…

Indio, California limits annual rent increases on mobile home park spaces to three-fourths of the change in the…

Inglewood has a local rent control ordinance (IMC Chapter 8, Articles 9 and 10). Covered multi-unit buildings…

California's Tenant Protection Act (AB 1482) applies to most rental properties in Irvine built more than 15 years ago…

Lakewood may have local rent control or stabilization measures limiting annual rent increases. State law provides a…

Lodi has no local rent control ordinance. Most non-exempt residential rentals in Lodi are subject to California's…

Menifee's rent control applies only to mobile home park spaces, not apartments or houses. Chapter 5.80 caps space-rent…

Moorpark does not impose local rent control beyond California's statewide framework. State Costa-Hawkins limits and AB…

Moreno Valley does not have a local rent control ordinance but is subject to California's statewide Tenant Protection…

Unincorporated Napa County has not adopted a local rent-stabilization or rent-control ordinance. The applicable cap is…

Norwalk may have local rent control or stabilization measures limiting annual rent increases. State law provides a…

Oakland's Rent Adjustment Program caps annual rent hikes on covered units at 10% or the AB 1482 state cap, whichever is…

Oceanside does not have a local rent control ordinance. Rents are regulated by California's Tenant Protection Act (AB…

Unincorporated Orange County has no local rent control ordinance. Tenants are protected by California's statewide…

Oxnard has adopted a rent stabilization ordinance limiting annual rent increases for covered units. California's Tenant…

Palm Springs has no local rent control beyond California's statewide Tenant Protection Act (AB 1482). AB 1482 caps…

Pleasanton caps annual rent increases at the city's mobilehome parks under Municipal Code Chapter 6.60, limiting owners…

Pomona adopted Ordinance No. 4359 (effective Jan 1, 2026) capping rent increases at 5% per year with one increase per…

Rancho Cordova has no local rent control. California AB 1482 applies statewide, limiting annual rent increases to 5…

Rancho Cucamonga has no local rent control, but California AB 1482 Tenant Protection Act caps annual rent increases at…

Redding has no local rent control ordinance. Rent in Redding is governed by California's statewide Tenant Protection…

Redlands does not regulate apartment or house rents, but it has run a formal rent-stabilization program for mobilehome…

Reedley does not have a local rent control ordinance, but California's Tenant Protection Act (AB 1482) applies…

California's Tenant Protection Act (AB 1482) applies to most rental properties in Riverside built more than 15 years…

Unincorporated San Bernardino County has no local rent control, but California AB 1482 (Tenant Protection Act of 2019)…

San Diego's Residential Tenant Protections Ordinance (SDMC §§98.0701-98.0709), adopted May 16, 2023, provides tenant…

California's Tenant Protection Act (AB 1482) limits annual rent increases to 5% plus local CPI or 10%, whichever is…

San Francisco's Rent Stabilization and Arbitration Ordinance (Administrative Code Chapter 37) applies to most rental…

San Joaquin County does not impose county-level rent control in unincorporated areas, but the statewide Tenant…

San Jose's Apartment Rent Ordinance (ARO) under SJMC Chapter 17.23 is one of California's strongest local rent control…

San Luis Obispo County caps mobilehome space rent under County Code § 25.06.010. Park owners can raise rent once a…

San Marcos has no local rent control ordinance. Qualifying rental properties are covered by California's Tenant…

San Mateo does not have a local rent control ordinance. Covered rental properties are subject to California AB 1482…

Unincorporated San Mateo County has NO local rent control. State law AB 1482 (Tenant Protection Act, Civil Code §1946.2…

San Rafael does not cap rent increases for conventional housing but requires mandatory mediation whenever a landlord…

Santa Clara has no local rent control; state AB 1482 (Tenant Protection Act) caps annual rent increases at 5 percent…

Unincorporated Santa Clara County follows California AB 1482 statewide rent cap (5 percent plus CPI, max 10 percent)…

Santa Clarita has no local rent control. AB 1482 caps rent increases at 5% plus CPI (max 10%) statewide for qualifying…

Santa Paula does not have a local rent control ordinance but is subject to California's Tenant Protection Act (AB…

Unincorporated Sonoma County does NOT have a local rent control ordinance. The 2024 Residential Tenancy Protections…

Sonora does not have a local rent control ordinance. California's Tenant Protection Act (AB 1482) applies statewide…

California's Tenant Protection Act (AB 1482) applies to most rental properties in Stockton built more than 15 years…

Temecula has no local rent control ordinance. Most rental properties are subject only to California's statewide rent…

Torrance has no local rent control. California AB 1482 caps rent increases at 5% plus CPI (max 10%) statewide for…

Tuolumne County has no local rent control ordinance. California's Tenant Protection Act (AB 1482) provides statewide…

Twain Harte has no local rent control. Costa-Hawkins prevents counties from regulating rent on most single-family homes…

Union City has no binding rent-cap ordinance; instead a Rent Review Ordinance triggers City mediation once an increase…

Vacaville has not enacted a local rent-control or rent-stabilization ordinance. Annual rent increases on covered units…

In the City of Ventura, general apartment and single-family rents run on California's statewide rent cap, but mobile…

Ventura County's Mobile Home Park Rent Control Ordinance (Division 8, Chapter 10) protects mobile home owners in…

Victorville has no local rent control. California AB 1482 Tenant Protection Act caps annual rent increases at 5% plus…

Vista does not have a local rent control ordinance. However, California's Tenant Protection Act (AB 1482) limits annual…

West Covina does not have a local rent control ordinance for standard rental housing. Only mobile home parks have local…

Alameda County unincorporated areas fall under California AB 1482 statewide rent cap limiting annual increases to 5…

Bakersfield has NO local rent control ordinance. There is no city rent board and the Bakersfield Municipal Code does…

No rent control in Clovis. CA AB 1482 caps annual rent increases at 5% + CPI (max 10%) for covered units. Costa-Hawkins…

Compton does not have its own rent control ordinance. State law AB 1482 (Tenant Protection Act) caps annual rent…

Davis has no general rent control ordinance; state law (Costa-Hawkins, AB 1482) governs most rentals citywide. The one…

Garden Grove does not have a local rent control ordinance. Rental properties in Garden Grove are subject to the…

Merced has no general rent control ordinance. It imposes only a narrow, temporary rent freeze under Chapter 9.75: a…

Newport Beach does not impose local rent control or rent stabilization ordinances on residential properties…

Ontario has no local rent-control ordinance, but most rentals fall under California AB 1482 capping annual rent…

Unincorporated Riverside County has no local rent-control ordinance. California AB 1482, the Tenant Protection Act of…

Roseville may have local rent control or stabilization measures limiting annual rent increases. State law provides a…

Salinas renters in covered units are protected by the statewide rent cap in the Tenant Protection Act of 2019. Civil…

Unincorporated Santa Cruz County has no local rent-control ordinance. The City of Santa Cruz rejected Measure M (a…

El Cajon does not have a local rent control ordinance. Covered rental properties are subject to California's AB 1482…

Fairfield has not adopted a local rent control ordinance. Rent increases on covered rental units are governed by…

Huntington Beach does not have a local rent control ordinance. Rental properties are governed by California's AB 1482…

The City of Napa has not adopted a local rent control ordinance. Rent is governed by California's statewide Tenant…

Ojai does not have a local rent control ordinance. California's Tenant Protection Act (AB 1482) applies, capping annual…

The City of Orange does not have local rent control. Most rental properties are governed by California's statewide…

Palo Alto has no local rent control ordinance, with rents governed by California AB 1482 statewide rent cap of 5…

Sanger does not have a local rent control ordinance but is covered by the statewide California Tenant Protection Act…

Selma has no local rent control ordinance but is covered by California AB 1482. Covered units are subject to an annual…

Vallejo may have local rent control or stabilization measures limiting annual rent increases. State law provides a…

Civil Code 1946.2 requires landlords statewide to have just cause to terminate tenancies of qualifying tenants who have…

Alameda County unincorporated areas are covered by AB 1482 just cause eviction rules requiring landlords to cite a…

Anaheim follows California's Tenant Protection Act (AB 1482) for just cause eviction protections. After 12 months of…

Berkeley has one of the oldest just-cause eviction ordinances in the US. Landlords must cite a specific legal reason…

Carlsbad follows California AB 1482 (Tenant Protection Act) statewide just-cause eviction and rent cap rules. No…

Chula Vista's Residential Tenant Protection ordinance bars landlords from terminating a covered tenancy without "Just…

Citrus Heights has no local just-cause eviction ordinance. Tenants are protected by California's statewide AB 1482…

Compton does not have its own just cause eviction ordinance. State law AB 1482 (CA Civil Code 1946.2) provides just…

Corona has no local just-cause eviction ordinance, but California AB 1482 (Civil Code Section 1946.2) applies statewide…

AB 1482 just cause eviction protections apply in Downey after 12 months of tenancy. No-fault evictions require…

El Cajon does not have a local just cause eviction ordinance. Covered tenancies are protected by California AB 1482…

Fairfield has not adopted a local just-cause eviction ordinance. Termination of tenancy on covered rental units is…

Folsom rental properties are governed by California's statewide just-cause eviction protections under AB 1482 (Tenant…

Fontana follows California AB 1482 (Civil Code 1946.2) just-cause eviction protections. No separate local ordinance…

Fremont does not have a local just cause eviction ordinance. Tenants are protected under California AB 1482 (Civil Code…

Fresno does not have a local just-cause eviction ordinance, but the statewide AB 1482 provides just-cause eviction…

Galt follows California AB 1482 (Tenant Protection Act of 2019) for just-cause eviction. Landlords of covered rentals…

Garden Grove rental properties are subject to California's just cause eviction protections under AB 1482 (Civil Code…

California AB 1482 requires just cause for eviction of tenants in covered residential rental properties after 12 months…

Huntington Beach does not have a local just cause eviction ordinance. Properties are governed by California's statewide…

Livermore tenants are protected by California's AB 1482 statewide just-cause eviction law. Landlords must state an…

Lodi has no local just-cause eviction ordinance. Most non-exempt residential rentals are subject to California's…

Mission Viejo follows California's just cause eviction protections under AB 1482. After 12 months of occupancy, tenants…

Moorpark relies on California's statewide just-cause eviction framework under AB 1482, requiring landlords of covered…

Unincorporated Napa County has not adopted a local just-cause eviction ordinance; tenant protections in the…

The City of Orange does not have a local just cause eviction ordinance. Tenants are protected by California's statewide…

Unincorporated Orange County has no local just cause eviction ordinance. California's Tenant Protection Act (AB 1482…

Oxnard tenants are protected by just cause eviction requirements under both local ordinance and California's Tenant…

California AB 1482 provides just cause eviction protections for Port Hueneme tenants who have occupied a unit for 12+…

Reedley does not have a local just cause eviction ordinance, but California's Tenant Protection Act (AB 1482) provides…

Unincorporated Sacramento County follows California AB 1482 (Civil Code 1946.2) just cause eviction rules. No…

San Bernardino County tenants who have occupied 12+ months are protected by CA AB 1482 just-cause eviction rules…

All covered rentals in San Joaquin County, Stockton, Lodi, Manteca, Tracy, and unincorporated areas, are subject to the…

San Leandro follows California AB 1482 (Civil Code 1946.2) statewide just-cause eviction rules. Landlords must cite one…

San Marcos has no local just cause eviction ordinance. California's Tenant Protection Act (AB 1482) provides just cause…

San Mateo adopted an emergency just cause eviction ordinance (Ord. 2019-12) providing local protections that complement…

Unincorporated San Mateo County applies California's statewide just-cause eviction protections under AB 1482 (Civil…

Sanger landlords are subject to California's statewide just cause eviction protections under AB 1482 (Civil Code…

Santa Clara does not have a local just cause eviction ordinance, but state AB 1482 (Civil Code 1946.2) applies to most…

Santa Clara County landlords must follow California AB 1482 just cause eviction rules, requiring specified reasons and…

No local just-cause eviction ordinance. California AB 1482 provides statewide just-cause eviction protections for…

California Civil Code §1946.2 (AB 1482) provides just-cause eviction protection for covered tenants after 12 months of…

Unincorporated Santa Cruz County has no local just-cause eviction ordinance; California's statewide Tenant Protection…

Santa Monica enforces strict just-cause eviction protections. Tenants may only be evicted for enumerated at-fault or…

California's Tenant Protection Act (AB 1482) provides just cause eviction protections in Santa Paula for tenants who…

Selma follows California AB 1482 for just-cause eviction. Landlords of covered units must cite a statutory at-fault or…

Sonora follows California's statewide just cause eviction protections under AB 1482. Landlords cannot evict tenants who…

Sunnyvale tenants are protected by California AB 1482 just cause eviction requirements. Landlords must state an…

No local just-cause eviction ordinance. California AB 1482 (Tenant Protection Act) provides statewide just-cause…

Tuolumne County has no local just cause eviction ordinance. California AB 1482 provides statewide just cause eviction…

Vacaville has not adopted a local just-cause eviction ordinance. Eviction grounds at Vacaville addresses are governed…

Victorville follows California AB 1482 (Civil Code 1946.2) just-cause eviction protections. No separate local ordinance…

West Covina relies on CA Tenant Protection Act (AB 1482) for just cause eviction protections. No local just cause…

Alameda landlords cannot terminate a tenancy for any reason outside eight specific just-cause grounds in the city's…

Tenants in Altadena covered by the LA County RSTPO can be evicted only for an enumerated 'just cause', non-payment…

Antioch Municipal Code § 11-6.04 bars landlords from ending most tenancies without a stated just cause, listing…

Baldwin Park bars a landlord from terminating any tenancy, in any rental unit citywide, unless one of the specific…

After 12 months of continuous, lawful tenancy, Buena Park landlords in Orange County, California must have just cause…

Burbank adopted a Tenant Protection Ordinance (No. 24-4,014) effective August 31, 2024. Requires just cause for…

California's Tenant Protection Act (AB 1482) applies in Fillmore, requiring just cause for evicting tenants who have…

Since 2002, Glendale's Rental Rights Program has barred landlords from evicting a covered tenant without a specific…

After 12 months of continuous occupancy, landlords can only terminate covered tenancies for just cause under IMC…

Long Beach enforces a Just Cause for Termination of Tenancies ordinance under LBMC Ch. 8.99 (adopted 2020). Landlords…

Los Angeles's Rent Stabilization Ordinance limits landlords to 14 specific just-cause grounds for evicting tenants…

Landlords in unincorporated Los Angeles County can only terminate an occupied tenancy in a covered rental unit by…

Marin County Code Chapter 5.100 bars landlords from ending a residential tenancy in unincorporated Marin without a…

Moreno Valley landlords must have just cause under California Civil Code Section 1946.2 to terminate tenancies of 12…

Under the Community Stabilization and Fair Rent Act, Mountain View landlords cannot terminate a covered tenancy without…

Oakland's Just Cause for Eviction Ordinance, Measure EE, bars a landlord from terminating a tenancy or recovering…

Ontario follows California AB 1482 (Civil Code 1946.2), requiring landlords to provide just cause to terminate tenancy…

After 12 months of tenancy (or 24 months with multiple adults), California's AB 1482 requires landlords to have just…

Pasadena's Fair and Equitable Housing Charter Amendment (Article XVIII, Measure H 2022) requires just cause for…

Perris's Tenant Protection Code doubles the state's no-fault eviction relocation payment to two months' rent, going…

Petaluma Municipal Code Chapter 6.60 bars landlords from ending most residential tenancies without an enumerated…

Pomona Ordinance No. 4359 requires just cause for eviction: at-fault (nonpayment, breach, nuisance) or no-fault (owner…

Redlands requires landlords to hold a government-approved demolition or remodeling permit in hand, and attach it to the…

After 12 months in a rental unit, a Sacramento tenant can only be evicted for one of the specific just-cause reasons…

San Bernardino tenants are protected by California AB 1482 (Civil Code 1946.2). Landlords must state a just cause to…

Tenants in unincorporated San Diego County are protected by California's Tenant Protection Act (AB 1482) which requires…

San Francisco has required just cause for evictions since August 24, 1980. Administrative Code Section 37.9(a) says a…

San Jose landlords cannot end a tenancy without a legally recognized just-cause reason under SJMC § 17.23.1240: one of…

San Rafael landlords of covered rental properties cannot terminate a tenancy without a licensed, code-compliant 'for…

Once a Santa Ana tenant has lawfully occupied a unit for 30 straight days, the landlord can't end the tenancy without…

Landlords in unincorporated Santa Barbara County cannot end a tenancy of twelve months or longer without at-fault or…

California's Tenant Protection Act (AB 1482) applies to qualifying rental properties in Simi Valley, requiring…

Union City landlords may terminate a residential tenancy only for one of ten specific grounds listed in Chapter 5.50…

Chapter 8.1100 of the San Buenaventura Municipal Code layers city-specific requirements onto California's statewide…

Vista landlords must have a legally valid reason to evict tenants who have occupied a unit for at least 12 months…

Bakersfield has no local just-cause-eviction ordinance. After 12 months of continuous occupancy, most tenants are…

Brentwood bars landlords converting apartments to condominiums from evicting, threatening to evict, or harassing a…

Davis bars a landlord from evicting, raising rent on, or cutting services to a tenant in retaliation for exercising…

CA AB 1482 (Tenant Protection Act) applies in unincorporated Fresno County: just-cause required after 12 months tenancy…

Hayward's Residential Rent Stabilization Ordinance and California AB 1482 require landlords to state an approved just…

Under AB 1482, landlords in Irvine must have just cause to evict tenants who have occupied covered units for 12 months…

Lancaster may require just cause for evicting tenants in covered units. Landlords must demonstrate a legally recognized…

Merced requires just cause to end a tenancy in any rental unit damaged by the January 8, 2023 storm and flooding…

Norwalk may require just cause for evicting tenants in covered units. Landlords must demonstrate a legally recognized…

Oceanside tenants are protected by California's Tenant Protection Act (AB 1482), which requires just cause for eviction…

Palmdale limits why a mobile home park can end a resident's tenancy. Under Municipal Code Section 5.44.120, a residency…

In Redwood City, once a tenant has continuously and lawfully occupied a rental unit for 12 months, the landlord may not…

Under California's AB 1482, landlords in Riverside must have just cause to evict tenants who have occupied the unit for…

California AB 1482 requires just cause to terminate any tenancy in a covered unit in Riverside County after the tenant…

California Civil Code Section 1946.2 protects Roseville tenants who have continuously and lawfully occupied their…

Once a tenant has lived in a Salinas rental continuously and lawfully for 12 months, California Civil Code Section…

SDMC §98.0704 prohibits landlords from terminating tenancy without just cause, effective immediately upon commencement…

On September 17, 2024, the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors adopted Ordinance No. 6496, the Residential Tenancy…

Under California's AB 1482, landlords in Stockton must have just cause to evict tenants who have occupied the unit for…

Vallejo may require just cause for evicting tenants in covered units. Landlords must demonstrate a legally recognized…

California's Tenant Protection Act (AB 1482) provides just cause eviction protections for most renters in…

Whittier does not codify a general just-cause eviction law for renters; its only local eviction protection sits inside…

The City of Napa has no local just-cause eviction ordinance, so the statewide Tenant Protection Act of 2019 (AB 1482…

Twain Harte has no local just-cause ordinance. State AB 1482 just-cause protections apply to covered units after twelve…

Elk Grove follows California's statewide Tenant Protection Act (AB 1482), which requires just cause for eviction after…

CA AB 1482 after 12 months. No local ordinance. Covers rentals >15 yrs old. Relocation for no-fault.

Newport Beach rental properties are subject to California's statewide just cause eviction protections under AB 1482…

Palo Alto tenants are protected by California AB 1482 (Civil Code 1946.2), which requires landlords to state just cause…

Rancho Cordova rental housing is covered by California Tenant Protection Act (AB 1482), which requires just cause to…

Rancho Cucamonga follows California AB 1482 just-cause rules under Civil Code 1946.2. Covered rentals need stated cause…

Redding has no local just-cause ordinance, so the statewide Tenant Protection Act of 2019 (AB 1482, Civil Code §1946.2)…

Tenants in Temecula rentals covered by AB 1482 can only be evicted for 'just cause' after 12 months of occupancy, under…

Antioch adopted a Residential Rent Program and Just Cause Eviction ordinance in 2022 requiring landlords to register…

Concord does not maintain a mandatory citywide rental registration program but landlords must hold a Concord business…

Glendale's Rental Rights Program requires landlords to comply with registration and disclosure requirements. The…

Oakland requires all rental property owners to pay the Rent Adjustment Program fee and register with the city. The fee…

Pittsburg requires rental property owners to obtain a business license under Municipal Code Title 5 for residential…

Anaheim does not require a standalone rental property registration program. Landlords must obtain a business license…

Apple Valley bars anyone from letting a rental housing unit be occupied without an unexpired, unrevoked property…

Burbank does not currently have a mandatory rental registration program. The Tenant Protection Ordinance focuses on…

No owner may rent a residential unit in Davis until it's registered with the city under Municipal Code Article 18.11…

Anyone renting residential property in Hesperia must register for a rental housing business license within 60 days of…

Every non-exempt rental property owner in Indio must register with the City by March 1 each year, file a compliance…

All Inglewood property owners with rental units (including single-family, condos, townhomes, duplexes) must register…

Lancaster may require landlords to register rental properties with the city and maintain compliance with housing codes…

Mandatory rental registration is required in unincorporated LA County under the RSO. Landlords must register all rental…

Madera Municipal Code § 4-16.05 makes it unlawful to operate rental housing in the city without a City Rental Business…

Landlords of qualifying multifamily rentals in unincorporated Marin County must register every dwelling unit each year…

Unincorporated Merced County requires every hotel and short-term rental operator to register with the Community and…

Every landlord in Monterey must register each rental unit with the Community Development Department and renew annually…

Oceanside treats ownership of residential rental property with five or more units as a "business" under City Code §…

Every residential rental unit in Palmdale must be registered with the Building Official within 60 days of acquiring…

Palo Alto does not require general residential rental registration, though landlords must comply with state disclosure…

Every residential rental property in Rancho Cordova must be registered with the city's neighborhood services office…

Owners of Rialto multi-family rental properties (three or more units) must register each property with the fire marshal…

Roseville may require landlords to register rental properties with the city and maintain compliance with housing codes…

No one may lawfully rent housing in Sacramento without registering each unit with the city and paying the annual rental…

Sacramento County requires every rental dwelling unit in the unincorporated area to be registered with the Director…

Every landlord renting residential property in Salinas must register each unit with the city within forty-five days of…

All landlords with units subject to the Rent Ordinance must register with the San Francisco Rent Board and pay an…

Every residential rental housing unit inside unincorporated Isla Vista must register with the Santa Barbara County…

Vallejo may require landlords to register rental properties with the city and maintain compliance with housing codes…

Every owner of residential rental property in Victorville must obtain a Rental Business License, issued only after the…

Walnut Creek does not operate a citywide rental registry for long-term rentals. Landlords must obtain a business…

West Covina does not have a rental registration program for standard rental housing. Mobile home parks are subject to…

West Sacramento bars any owner of residential rental property from letting a tenant move in until the city's housing…

Every landlord in Alameda must register each rental unit with the Rent Program Administrator, filing a new registration…

Anyone who operates a hotel, apartment house, boardinghouse, or rents rooms or apartments in Alhambra must hold an…

Bakersfield does not require a mandatory rental property registration program. Rental properties must comply with…

Baldwin Park requires every controlled rental unit to carry a $28 annual registration fee once the landlord accepts…

Berkeley requires landlords of covered units to register annually with the Rent Stabilization Board, pay a per-unit…

Brentwood requires owners of residential rental properties to obtain a city business license (the Transient Tax/rental…

Buena Park doesn't require citywide rental registration; instead, the Rental Housing Code Compliance Ordinance lets the…

Clovis does not require a general rental property registration program. Landlords must obtain a business license; STRs…

Compton does not have a mandatory rental registration program. Landlords must comply with state disclosure…

Unincorporated Contra Costa County does not operate a mandatory rental registration program for single-family or small…

Downey does not have a dedicated rental registration program. Landlords must obtain a business registration through the…

El Cajon does not require a separate rental property registration program. Landlords must obtain a city business…

El Monte does not have a dedicated rental registration program for standard residential properties. Mobile home parks…

Elk Grove requires every residential rental property of sixteen or fewer units to register with the City and pay an…

No registration program. State law: habitability, security deposit (1 mo per AB 12). STRs: permit required July 2025.

Fairfield requires a Certificate of Rental Occupancy (CRO) for any dwelling unit offered for rent in the city…

Fillmore does not currently require a rental property registration or inspection program. Landlords must comply with…

Every mobile home park in Fontana must file an initial registration statement with the city and then renew it every…

Fresno requires all residential rental properties to be registered with the City under the Rental Housing Improvement…

Fullerton Municipal Code § 4.06.025 requires anyone renting four or more residential housing units to pay an annual…

Galt does not operate a mandatory rental registration or inspection program. Residential rentals must still comply with…

Garden Grove does not currently require a mandatory rental registration or rental inspection program for all…

Owners renting out five or more residential units in Hawthorne, other than hotels, motels or lodging houses, must pay…

Hayward requires owners of covered residential rentals to register units annually with the Rent Review Program and pay…

Anyone operating an apartment house, hotel, motel or lodging house in unincorporated Lake County must first get a…

Livermore does not operate a municipal rental registration or rent board. Landlords must still comply with state…

Long Beach requires rental property owners to comply with the city's tenant protection ordinances. Landlords must…

All RSO properties must be registered with the LA Housing Department (LAHD). Landlords pay an annual RSO registration…

Modesto requires all residential rental property owners to register with the city and self-certify unit habitability…

Every landlord of a rental unit covered by Mountain View's Community Stabilization and Fair Rent Act must pay an annual…

Newport Beach requires owners of short-term lodging units to obtain permits but does not operate a general long-term…

Norwalk may require landlords to register rental properties with the city and maintain compliance with housing codes…

Oakley does not currently operate a rental registration program, but landlords must comply with the statewide Tenant…

Unincorporated Orange County does not require rental property registration. There is no countywide rental registry…

Oxnard requires rental property owners to maintain current business licenses and comply with local registration…

Palm Springs landlords covered by the city's Chapter 4.02 rent control ordinance must register each rental unit with…

Pasadena's Rent Stabilization Department requires all rental property owners to register units and pay the Rental…

Pomona eliminated its rent registry program in the 2025 ordinance update. Landlords are no longer required to submit…

Port Hueneme requires rental property owners to obtain a business license. The City may maintain rental property…

Landlords who rent out more than two residential units in Redding must hold a business license and pay an annual…

Redwood City requires a landlord who rents four or more dwelling units to obtain a business license before operating…

Richmond mandates rental unit registration with the Richmond Rent Program under the Fair Rent, Just Cause for Eviction…

Every owner of a single-family rental property in San Bernardino must hold a current business registration under Title…

Unincorporated San Bernardino County does not require general rental-property registration. However, short-term rentals…

San Diego requires landlords to file termination notices with the San Diego Housing Commission's Tenant Termination…

Unincorporated San Diego County does not currently require a rental property registration or licensing program…

San Jose landlords of Rent Stabilized Units must register each unit annually with the Housing Department on a…

San Leandro requires every residential landlord to file an annual rental registration statement with the Community…

Unincorporated San Mateo County does NOT have a rental registration program. Landlords must comply with state…

San Ramon does not currently operate a mandatory city-wide residential rental registration program. Landlords must…

Santa Clarita does not require rental property registration or a city business license. Business licensing handled…

Santa Monica requires all rent-controlled units to be registered with the Rent Control Board. Annual registration fee…

Sonora does not require a general rental property registration program for long-term rentals. Short-term rentals (under…

Every owner of a Stockton residential rental unit must pay an annual inspection fee to the Code Enforcement Office…

Sunnyvale does not currently require general rental property registration, but short-term rentals and specific…

Thousand Oaks does not require landlords to register residential rental properties with the city. There is no local…

Torrance does not require rental property registration. Standard business license requirements apply for rental…

Tuolumne County does not require long-term rental property registration or landlord licensing. Short-term rentals (1-30…

Union City requires every landlord to register each rental unit with the City and pay an administrative fee before the…

Vacaville does not operate a citywide rental registration program. Landlords renting residential property in the city…

Whittier requires every owner of a covered mobilehome park to register each rented or rentable space with the city…

San Joaquin County does not operate a county-level rental registration program in unincorporated areas, but Stockton…

Carlsbad does not require long-term rentals to register with the city. Short-term vacation rentals are the exception…

Citrus Heights does not require a general rental registration program for long-term residential rentals. Landlords must…

Corona does not have a general rental registration program for long-term residential rentals. However, all rental…

Fremont does not operate a general rental registration program. Landlords must comply with state habitability standards…

Murrieta does not operate a general rental registry for long-term rentals, though landlords must obtain a city business…

San Mateo does not require a separate rental property registration program. Landlords must obtain a city business…

Santa Clara does not require a general rental registration program. Landlords must comply with state habitability…

Anaheim relies on California AB 1482's statewide relocation requirement: tenants displaced by no-fault evictions…

Bakersfield follows California AB 1482 relocation rules. Tenants displaced by a no-fault eviction receive one month's…

Berkeley landlords issuing no-fault evictions must pay relocation assistance scaled by tenancy length, with elderly…

Fresno landlords invoking AB 1482 no-fault eviction must pay the tenant one month's rent in relocation assistance or…

Long Beach Tenant Relocation Assistance Ordinance LBMC 8.97 requires landlords pulling no-fault evictions or imposing…

Landlords ending a tenancy for no-fault reasons in Los Angeles must pay tiered relocation assistance to the household…

When a Moorpark landlord ends a covered tenancy under AB 1482's no-fault grounds, the tenant is entitled to relocation…

Redwood City Code Section 42.6 requires landlords who end a tenancy for a no-fault reason to pay relocation assistance…

Riverside tenants displaced through code-enforcement actions, condemnation, or qualifying no-fault evictions may…

AB 1482 requires one month of relocation assistance for no-fault evictions in Riverside County. Additional relocation…

Sacramento requires landlords to pay relocation assistance equal to roughly two months of rent when terminating a…

San Diego's Tenants' Right to Know Ordinance (SDMC §98) and California's Ellis Act require landlords ending a tenancy…

Landlords pursuing no-fault evictions must pay statutory relocation assistance per tenant, with elderly, disabled, and…

Under San Jose's Tenant Protection Ordinance, landlords ending an apartment tenancy for no-fault reasons must pay…

Santa Monica landlords must pay a mandatory relocation fee when displacing tenants for demolition, Ellis Act…

California AB 1482 entitles many Stockton tenants to relocation assistance equal to one months rent when displaced by a…

Santa Clara County has no countywide relocation ordinance for unincorporated areas. State law controls: AB-1482…

When an apartment building in Thousand Oaks is converted to condominiums, the city requires the developer to pay…

Oakland requires landlords to pay tenants displaced through no-fault evictions a relocation payment that varies by unit…

Unincorporated San Bernardino County has not adopted a local relocation-assistance ordinance for displaced tenants…

As of July 1, 2024, California landlords may collect no more than one month's rent as a security deposit, regardless of…

Bakersfield landlords must follow California Civil Code 1950.5 on security deposits. As of 2024, residential deposits…

Berkeley caps residential security deposits at two months rent for unfurnished units and requires landlords to pay…

California caps Fresno security deposits at one month's rent for most residential tenancies under AB 12, effective July…

California Civil Code §1950.5 governs security deposits in Moorpark, capping most residential deposits at one month's…

Security deposits on Napa residential rentals are capped at one month's rent under California AB 12, effective July 1…

Security deposits on Redding residential rentals are capped at one month's rent under California AB 12, effective July…

California law caps security deposits and requires Riverside landlords to return deposits within twenty-one days of…

California AB 12, effective July 2024, caps residential security deposits at one month of rent for most Riverside…

California Civil Code 1950.5 caps Sacramento security deposits at one month's rent for most tenancies and requires…

California Civil Code §1950.5, amended by AB-12 effective July 2024, caps residential security deposits at one month's…

Security deposits in Stockton are governed by California Civil Code, which caps how much a landlord may collect, sets…

California Civil Code 1950.5 caps Twain Harte residential security deposits at two months' rent for unfurnished units…

Vacaville does not impose a local security-deposit ordinance. Security deposits at Vacaville rental properties are…

California Civil Code Section 1950.5 caps Anaheim residential security deposits and governs itemization, return…

Fairfield does not have a local security deposit ordinance; California Civil Code §1950.5 controls. Effective July 1…

California Civil Code section 1950.5 caps residential security deposits at one month's rent for most landlords…

California Civil Code §1950.5, amended by AB-12 effective July 2024, caps residential security deposits at one month's…

California Civil Code §1950.5, amended by AB-12 effective July 2024, caps residential security deposits at one month's…

San Bernardino County rentals follow California Civil Code 1950.5, which limits security deposits to one month's rent…

California Civil Code 1950.5, amended by AB-12 effective July 2024, caps residential security deposits at one month's…

California Civil Code §1950.5, amended by AB-12 effective July 2024, caps residential security deposits at one month's…

California Civil Code 1950.5 caps Thousand Oaks residential security deposits at one month's rent for most rentals…

California Civil Code section 1946.2 and Long Beach LBMC 8.97 allow voluntary buyouts where landlords pay tenants to…

Berkeley's Just Cause Eviction Ordinance, among the nation's earliest, restricts no-fault evictions to owner move-in…

Anaheim landlords using no-fault grounds under California AB 1482 must owner-move-in, substantially remodel, withdraw…

Bakersfield landlords using a no-fault termination on AB 1482-covered tenancies must state a permitted reason, give 60…

AB 1482 limits Fresno no-fault evictions to specific reasons including owner move-in, substantial remodel, withdrawal…

Long Beach Tenant Relocation Assistance Ordinance LBMC 8.97 lists permitted no-fault eviction grounds including owner…

Under AB 1482, Moorpark landlords may end a covered tenancy without tenant fault only for owner move-in, substantial…

Under AB 1482, Riverside landlords ending tenancies for no-fault reasons such as owner move-in, withdrawal, or…

Under AB 1482, Riverside County landlords removing covered tenants for no-fault reasons such as owner move-in…

Under AB 1482, Stockton landlords can end a tenancy without tenant fault only for specific reasons such as owner…

Under AB 1482, Thousand Oaks landlords ending a covered tenancy without tenant fault must use one of four limited…

Under LAMC §151.30 Just Cause, a landlord may end a tenancy without tenant fault only for owner move-in, Ellis Act…

Oakland's Just Cause for Eviction Ordinance, enacted in 1980 as the first such ordinance in the United States…

Sacramento limits no-fault evictions to four narrow grounds under Title 5 Chapter 5.156: owner or relative move-in…

For covered units in unincorporated San Bernardino County, no-fault evictions are limited to AB 1482's enumerated…

San Diego's Tenants' Right to Know Ordinance (SDMC §98) and California AB-1482 limit no-fault evictions to enumerated…

San Francisco's Rent Ordinance lists a narrow set of no-fault eviction reasons including owner move-in, Ellis Act…

Under San Jose's Tenant Protection Ordinance, a landlord may end a covered tenancy without tenant fault only for owner…

Unincorporated Santa Clara County applies California's AB-1482 no-fault grounds: owner move-in, substantial remodel…

State law, not a Berkeley ordinance, sets the pass-through limit for rentals outside Berkeley's own rent control: Civil…

RSO landlords in Los Angeles may pass through certain capital improvement, capital expenditure, and registration costs…

Under the San Jose Apartment Rent Ordinance, landlords of pre-1979 apartments may pass through certain capital…

Santa Clara County has no countywide rent stabilization, so pass-through charges in unincorporated areas follow state…

Anaheim has no local tenant anti-harassment ordinance, so renters rely on California civil code prohibitions against…

Los Angeles bans a long list of landlord harassment tactics under the Tenant Anti-Harassment Ordinance (TAHO). Civil…

Sacramento prohibits landlord conduct intended to force tenants out, including utility shut-offs, lock changes…

San Jose's Tenant Anti-Harassment Ordinance prohibits 14 categories of landlord conduct designed to pressure covered…

Oakland's Tenant Protection Ordinance prohibits landlord conduct intended to coerce a tenant to vacate, including…

Berkeley's Tenant Protection Ordinance prohibits sixteen categories of landlord harassment, providing tenants with…

California law protects Fresno tenants from landlord harassment intended to force them out, including utility…

Section 37.10B of the Rent Ordinance prohibits 16 categories of landlord harassment including utility shutoffs…

Stockton tenants are protected from landlord harassment under California Civil Code section 1940.2, which bars threats…

Bakersfield has no standalone tenant-harassment ordinance, but California Civil Code and statewide tenant protections…

Long Beach landlords are barred from harassing tenants to force them out, including utility shut-offs, lockouts…

California Civil Code prohibits landlord harassment intended to force tenants to vacate, with remedies including…

California Civil Code 1940.2 prohibits Riverside County landlords from using force, threats, fraud, or repeated…

San Diego has not enacted a comprehensive Tenant Anti-Harassment Ordinance like Los Angeles. Tenants rely on California…

Santa Clara County has not adopted a countywide tenant anti-harassment ordinance for unincorporated areas. Tenants rely…

California Civil Code 1940.2 prohibits Thousand Oaks landlords from using force, threats, fraud, or utility shutoffs to…

California Government Code §12955 makes it unlawful for Moorpark landlords to refuse rental to applicants because they…

California SB 329 prohibits Riverside landlords from refusing to rent based on source of income, including federal…

California Government Code §12955, expanded by SB-329 in 2020, prohibits housing discrimination based on lawful source…

Berkeley Municipal Code Chapter 13.31 makes it unlawful for landlords to refuse rentals, deny units, or use income…

California Government Code prohibits Fresno landlords from refusing tenants because they pay rent with Section 8…

California Government Code section 12955 prohibits Long Beach landlords from refusing to rent based on lawful source of…

California Government Code §12955 and Los Angeles housing law prohibit landlords from refusing tenants because their…

California SB 329 amended FEHA to prohibit Riverside County landlords from refusing to rent to applicants who use…

California Government Code 12955 bans landlord discrimination based on a tenant's lawful source of income, including…

California Government Code Section 12955 prohibits Anaheim landlords from refusing to rent to tenants because of their…

Bakersfield landlords cannot refuse to rent based on a tenant's lawful source of income, including Section 8 housing…

California Government Code §12955 bans housing discrimination based on a tenant's lawful source of income, including…

California Government Code 12955 bars Sacramento landlords from refusing applicants because they pay rent with Section…

San Francisco's Police Code Section 3304 bars landlords from refusing rental applicants because their income comes from…

California Government Code section 12955 bars Stockton landlords from refusing to rent to applicants based on lawful…

California SB 329 makes refusing Section 8 housing vouchers source-of-income discrimination. Twain Harte landlords…

California Government Code §12955, amended by SB-329 in 2019, prohibits housing discrimination based on lawful source…

The Housing Authority of the County of Kern administers the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher program for Bakersfield…

Fresno Housing Authority administers federal Section 8 housing-choice vouchers in Fresno. Landlords accepting vouchers…

The Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles (HACLA) runs the Housing Choice Voucher program. Landlords sign a HUD…

Ventura County Area Housing Authority administers federal Housing Choice Vouchers in Moorpark, pairing eligible…

The Orange County Housing Authority (OCHA) administers Section 8 housing-choice vouchers for most unincorporated areas…

Riverside Housing Authority administers federal Section 8 housing choice vouchers locally, and California law requires…

The Housing Authority of the County of Riverside administers federal Housing Choice Vouchers across unincorporated…

The Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency administers Housing Choice Vouchers locally, performing initial unit…

The Housing Authority of the County of San Bernardino administers Housing Choice Vouchers across SBC, inspecting units…

The San Diego Housing Commission administers Housing Choice Vouchers (Section 8) for the city. California Government…

The Santa Clara County Housing Authority administers Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers across San Jose. Landlords must…

The Housing Authority of the County of San Joaquin administers Section 8 housing choice vouchers used in Stockton…

The Anaheim Housing Authority administers Housing Choice Vouchers, and California Government Code Section 12955 forbids…

Anaheim landlords must give covered tenants written notice of California's AB 1482 rent cap and just-cause eviction…

California Civil Code section 1946.2 requires Long Beach landlords of covered units to give written notice of…

California AB 1482 (Tenant Protection Act of 2019) requires landlords countywide in Orange County to provide written…

Bakersfield landlords must follow California AB 1482 rent-cap and just-cause rules where applicable, and provide…

California AB 1482 requires Berkeley landlords to provide written notice of statewide rent cap and just-cause coverage…

California AB 1482 requires Fresno landlords to give tenants a written notice explaining statewide rent-cap and…

California AB 1482 the Tenant Protection Act caps annual rent increases at five percent plus regional CPI capped at ten…

California AB 1482 requires Riverside landlords to give written notice to tenants explaining rent-cap and just-cause…

California AB 1482, the Tenant Protection Act, caps annual rent increases on most Sacramento rentals at 5 percent plus…

California requires landlords to include or attach an AB 1482 disclosure in every covered lease and lease renewal…

Units exempt from SF Chapter 37 rent control may still fall under California's AB 1482 statewide cap. Landlords must…

California AB 1482 (Tenant Protection Act of 2019) requires landlords statewide to give tenants a written notice…

Californias AB 1482 statewide rent and just-cause law requires Stockton landlords to give tenants a written disclosure…

California AB 1482 (Tenant Protection Act of 2019) caps annual rent increases at 5% plus regional CPI (max 10%) on…

Every Twain Harte residential lease must include the AB 1482 disclosure stating whether the unit is exempt or covered…

California Civil Code §1946.2 and §1947.12 (AB-1482) cap annual rent increases at 5 percent plus regional CPI, max 10…

Moorpark landlords must give every tenant a written AB 1482 notice explaining whether the unit is covered by the…

California Civil Code section 1946.2 requires landlords of covered Riverside County rentals to include a specific…

California requires written notice before raising a month-to-month tenant's rent. Under Civ. Code § 827, increases of…

Under Berkeley's Rent Stabilization Ordinance, any rent increase tied to the annual general adjustment or an individual…

Corona bars mobilehome park owners from even sending a homeowner a rent-increase notice until the city's Housing…

Escondido's mobilehome rent control law bars a park owner from telling a tenant the specific dollar amount of a…

Fremont's mobile home rent stabilization ordinance dictates exactly what a park owner's rent increase notice must say…

Any Hayward landlord raising rent on a covered unit must serve a detailed notice alongside the increase, spelling out…

Mountain View caps the annual general rent adjustment at between 2 and 5 percent of CPI, allows only one increase per…

Oceanside's Manufactured Home Fair Practices Commission caps mobile home park space-rent hikes, and before a park owner…

San Marcos requires mobilehome park owners to file written notice of any proposed space rent increase with the City…

When a mobile home park in unincorporated Santa Barbara County wants to raise rent above 75% of the CPI increase, Sec…

West Covina caps annual mobile home park space-rent increases to the prior year's CPI change, never less than 5% or…

Before raising rent by the Annual General Adjustment, an Alameda landlord must serve the tenant the legally required…

Unincorporated Alameda County mobilehome park owners cannot charge a rent increase until they give the notices state…

Antioch Municipal Code § 11-3.10 requires landlords to give tenants written notice of their Rent Stabilization…

Before raising rent on a controlled unit, a Baldwin Park landlord must include a specific certification in the increase…

When Brentwood approves a condominium conversion, senior, disabled, and lower-income tenants who stay under a special…

Camarillo landlords with five or more rental units, or mobile home park owners, must include a landlord-tenant…

Carson mobile home park rent hikes go through a City Board process: homeowners get mailed notice of the increase…

Clovis mobile home park owners must give each home owner written notice of a rent increase, stating both the current…

El Cajon's mobile home rent mediation ordinance requires park owners to give residents 60 days' written notice before…

El Monte mobilehome park owners may raise space rent once a year, on or after May 1, by up to 100 percent of the CPI…

Elk Grove does not run a general rent-control notice ordinance, but a unit placed in the City's Rent Escrow Account…

Any Glendale landlord who raises rent above a 'non-relocation rent increase,' generally 7% within 12 months, must give…

Indio, in Riverside County, California, requires mobile home park landlords to give space renters the exact dollar rent…

Lancaster requires mobile home park owners to give homeowners written notice at least 90 days before any rent increase…

Landlords of rent-stabilized units in unincorporated LA County must give tenants at least 30 days' written notice…

Marin County requires landlords in unincorporated areas to give tenants a notice of tenant rights whenever they serve a…

Mobile home park owners in Menifee must give tenants at least 90 days' written notice before a permissive annual…

Before Modesto mobile home park space rent can rise, Modesto Code of Ordinances Section 4-19.07(e) requires the Mobile…

Moorpark requires mobilehome park owners to give tenants at least 90 days' written notice before any space rent…

Mobilehome park owners in Moreno Valley must give residents 60 days' written notice before any space-rent increase…

Every Oakland rent increase notice must state that the Rent Adjustment Program's Chapter 8.22 exists and that the…

Oxnard landlords must hand every tenant a city-prescribed written notice, at move-in and again with any rent increase…

Palm Springs' local rent control ordinance requires landlords of covered units to give at least 90 days' written notice…

Palmdale mobile home park owners must give residents written notice of any permissive rent increase and file a matching…

Mobilehome park owners in Petaluma must give affected tenants at least ninety days' written notice before any space…

When a Pleasanton mobilehome park owner petitions to raise space rent above the annual cost-of-living formula…

Mobile home park owners in Pomona must serve homeowners written notice of intent to raise rent at least 60 calendar…

Rancho Cucamonga gives mobile home park tenants a formal way to challenge steep rent hikes. Under Municipal Code…

Redlands requires 60 days' advance written notice before a mobilehome park owner can put through a formula space-rent…

Before raising mobile home space rent, a Rialto park owner must serve written notice under Civil Code Sec. 798.30, tell…

Riverside County requires mobile home park owners to certify compliance with the space rent stabilization ordinance in…

Mobile home park rent hikes in Rohnert Park are capped and must be announced in advance. Section 9.70.050 caps the…

Under Sacramento's Tenant Protection Program, a rent increase is not effective until the landlord delivers written…

Under Salinas's local Rent Stabilization Ordinance, Municipal Code Sec. 17-02.10 requires landlords to give tenants…

In San Bernardino mobile home parks, when a resale rent increase of up to 10% is applied at a new resident's move-in…

San Francisco landlords must hand tenants a written breakdown of every rent increase, itemizing the annual increase…

San Jose's Mobilehome Rent Ordinance requires a park landlord to give the new mobilehome owner or tenant written notice…

San Leandro landlords must give the state-required Civil Code § 827(b) rent increase notice plus a City-mandated notice…

When a San Luis Obispo County mobilehome park owner seeks a rent increase beyond the standard cost-of-living cap…

In unincorporated San Mateo County, a mobilehome park owner seeking a space-rent increase above the standard CPI cap…

San Rafael landlords must give tenants a notice of mediation rights whenever they issue a lease, a lease renewal, or a…

Every Santa Ana rent-increase notice must tell tenants the Rent Stabilization Ordinance exists and spell out their…

Santa Clarita's manufactured home park rent ordinance sets a firm notice calendar: park owners must send residents a…

In unincorporated Santa Cruz County, mobile home park owners must give residents 90 days' written notice before any…

Before raising mobilehome park space rent or adding a capital pass-through, a Santa Rosa park owner must give each…

In City of Sonoma mobilehome parks, the city manager must calculate the year's allowable rent increase and post it by…

Mobile home park owners in unincorporated Sonoma County must give written notice of any space rent increase at least 90…

State law sets 30- or 60-day rent-increase notice periods, and Union City's Chapter 5.55 requires landlords to also…

Vacaville mobile home park owners must give each tenant 90 days' written notice before any space rent increase, stating…

Vallejo mobile home park owners can raise space rent only once every twelve months, and Section 5.64.040(C) forces that…

Before a mobile home park in the City of Ventura raises a resident's space rent under the annual CPI-based option in…

West Sacramento requires mobile home park owners to file a rent increase notice with the city manager at least 90 days…

Before raising rent on a covered mobilehome space, a Whittier park owner must give at least thirty days' written notice…

Buena Park landlords in Orange County, California must give tenants written notice of California's statewide…

California Civil Code § 1954 limits when a landlord may enter a rented home. Except in emergencies, abandonment, or…

California landlords must keep rentals fit to live in. Civil Code §§ 1941 and 1941.1, reinforced by Green v. Superior…

Rancho Cordova's housing code makes it a misdemeanor to rent, lease, or offer for rent any dwelling that has become…

When county inspectors find a rental dangerously substandard, the Housing Code lets the Director order it vacated and…

Alameda County enforces habitability violations through a complaint-driven inspection and abatement process, with a…

Buena Park requires every building, including rental housing, to meet the 2024 International Property Maintenance Code…

Compton's dangerous and substandard building ordinance lets the city order a landlord to repair, vacate or demolish a…

When Corona's Building Official finds a residential building substandard, Corona Code of Ordinances § 15.06.060…

Hesperia requires every rental property to hold an annual business license, pass city inspection, and meet listed…

Oxnard enrolls a rental or residential property in its Safe Homes Safe Families Repeat Offender Program once its owner…

Palm Springs adopts the International Property Maintenance Code as its habitability standard and requires air…

Placer County's Dangerous Buildings article requires rental housing to meet minimum habitability standards. Renting out…

Pomona enforces rental housing conditions through a state income-tax lever: a rental building that violates health…

Rialto can tag any building, including rental housing, Green (occupy), Yellow (limited occupancy) or Red (do not enter)…

Sacramento City Code Section 8.100.550 declares any building endangering the life, health, safety or welfare of…

Unincorporated San Benito County requires owners to pay tenant relocation costs when code violations force a rental…

San Leandro's Property Maintenance Code makes a rental unit a "substandard building" under Section 7-5-325 if it…

County Code Section 19.80.020(7) tells landlords exactly when a rental unit crosses the line into a public nuisance…

Unincorporated San Mateo County landlords must pay relocation benefits to tenants displaced when code enforcement…

Countywide in unincorporated Santa Barbara County, Code Chapter 44 makes landlords pay relocation benefits, three…

Every residential rental unit in Stockton must meet minimum maintenance standards and pass a Code Enforcement…

When a Tulare County enforcement officer finds a rental structure in the unincorporated area to be both substandard and…

Alameda's Property Maintenance Code makes the owner of any rental structure responsible for extermination before…

Antioch requires every rental dwelling owner to keep the unit and premises free of substandard conditions under the…

Apple Valley requires every rental housing unit in town to meet a Town-enforced maintenance, sanitation, ventilation…

Bakersfield adopts the 1997 Uniform Housing Code by reference under Municipal Code § 15.20.010 to protect the "life…

Baldwin Park declares it a public nuisance to maintain a dwelling that a government health officer finds unsanitary or…

Berkeley's Housing Code sets the baseline every rental must meet: heat capable of reaching 68°F in habitable rooms, hot…

Brentwood runs a standing rental inspection program under Chapter 8.44 built to catch substandard housing before it…

Butte County has designated its own Building Division as the county's official housing department, with authority to…

Camarillo requires landlords who furnish heat to rental occupants to keep habitable rooms, bathrooms and toilet rooms…

Chico adopted the 1991 Uniform Housing Code by reference, with local amendments, to set minimum habitability standards…

Chula Vista ties mobilehome park rent increases above the annual CPI cap to a habitability check: before an above-cap…

Every rental dwelling unit owner in unincorporated Contra Costa County must keep the unit and premises free of…

When Costa Mesa's development services department declares a rented dwelling a public nuisance and abates it for…

Davis's Municipal Code declares that substandard rental housing threatens tenant health, safety, and neighborhood…

Downey has adopted the 1997 Uniform Housing Code in its entirety, minus its own Chapter 1, as the local habitability…

El Cajon declares a dwelling unit substandard if it lacks a working toilet, sink, hot and cold running water, adequate…

El Monte enforces dwelling habitability through Chapter 8.56, which adopts the 1997 Uniform Housing Code in full as…

Elk Grove's Housing Code lists the specific conditions that make a rental unit a 'substandard dwelling,' from missing…

Fairfield ties landlord habitability duties directly to California Civil Code Section 1941 through its community…

Fontana adopts the 1997 Uniform Housing Code and the state's Title 25 Housing Law as its local housing code under Sec…

Fremont Municipal Code 8.70.030 entitles a tenant to city-backed relocation assistance when the building official…

Fresno's Rental Housing Improvement Act (FMC Sec. 10-1601 et seq.) makes maintaining a habitable rental unit a citywide…

Fresno County Code Section 15.32.030 defines the specific conditions that make a rental unit legally substandard…

Fullerton ties rental habitability to a numeric occupancy formula in its zoning code. Fullerton Municipal Code section…

When a Glendale landlord intentionally lets a rental unit fall into disrepair badly enough to make it untenantable or…

Hanford adopts the 1997 Uniform Housing Code by reference as its local housing-standards ordinance, setting minimum…

Hawthorne classifies a rental building as a public nuisance the moment it contains any condition listed in California…

Hayward's Residential Rental Inspection Ordinance requires every rental unit, hotel and motel room to be kept decent…

Hemet enforces California's substandard-housing standard, Health & Safety Code § 17920.3, as a local public nuisance…

Hercules requires landlords to keep rental units heated to at least 68°F in habitable rooms and bathrooms under its…

Huntington Beach enforces rental habitability through its own Housing Code, which adopts the 2016 California Housing…

Imperial County requires every habitable structure in the unincorporated area, rented or owned, to have a working…

Indio law makes rental property owners responsible for keeping units and grounds free of code Deficiencies, correcting…

Inglewood law makes it a public nuisance to maintain a rental or owner-occupied dwelling that is unsanitary or unfit…

Irvine's Municipal Code sets minimum maintenance standards for multifamily apartment properties under Chapter 6…

Kern County's Property Maintenance Code requires every dwelling in the unincorporated county to hold habitable rooms…

Kings County enforces habitability minimums through the Uniform Housing Code and the Uniform Code for the Abatement of…

Lake County's adopted International Property Maintenance Code sets a hard floor on rental heat: dwellings must maintain…

Lake Forest enforces the 1997 Uniform Housing Code inside city limits, and any residential building found substandard…

Lancaster's rental housing preservation program folds the State Housing Law, the county public health ordinance and the…

Livermore enforces habitability standards for rentals and other occupied structures through the 2024 International…

Lodi enforces rental habitability through the 1997 Uniform Housing Code, adopted at Municipal Code Sec. 15.24.010…

Long Beach Municipal Code § 18.02.020 defines a 'substandard building', the city's own habitability yardstick for…

Los Angeles defines a 'habitability violation' as any violation of California Civil Code § 1941.1 or the loss of…

Los Angeles County's Building Code defines specific substandard conditions, including lack of hot water, inadequate…

Madera requires every rental housing unit's owner to hold a Rental Business License and register the property with the…

Manteca enforces the Uniform Housing Code against substandard rental and owner-occupied buildings, defining substandard…

Merced enforces rental-property habitability through the 1997 Uniform Housing Code, adopted by reference at Municipal…

Modesto's Property Maintenance Code sets numeric light and ventilation floors for every habitable room in rental…

Monterey County's Housing Code, Chapter 18.15, applies only in the unincorporated area and defines when a rental…

Moorpark declares a dwelling a public nuisance under Municipal Code § 8.04.030 when it is improperly constructed…

Mountain View sets local habitability standards for hotels, motels, and multi-family housing through Sec. 25.58's…

Oakland's Building Maintenance Code requires every rental dwelling unit to have a working bathroom, a kitchen with sink…

Oceanside's health officer can inspect any rental unit found unsanitary or with defective plumbing and order repairs…

Orange's adopted International Property Maintenance Code requires every landlord who furnishes heat to a rental unit to…

Unincorporated OC treats overcrowded, unventilated, unsanitary or substandard housing as a public nuisance under the…

In the City of Pacifica, minimum habitability and maintenance standards for existing structures, including rental…

Palmdale defines exactly which rental defects count as serious enough to force a one-year reinspection cycle. Municipal…

Pasadena's Housing Code defines a 'substandard building' as any dwelling, guest room or premises with conditions that…

Perris's building official inspects any residential building suspected of being dangerous or substandard under Health &…

Petaluma requires every dwelling unit, guest room and congregate residence to have permanently installed heat capable…

Rancho Cucamonga treats a severely deteriorated building as a public nuisance. Municipal Code Section 8.23.050(B)(3)…

Redwood City's property maintenance article, City Code Section 14.70, exists to protect habitability, appearance and…

Rohnert Park defines "habitability standards" in its nuisance code as the minimum requirements for a property to be…

Roseville's Rental Property Inspection and Tenant Relocation Ordinance lets the chief building inspector inspect a unit…

Salinas amended the 2024 International Property Maintenance Code to require landlords who furnish heat to maintain a…

City code sets minimum exterior and interior maintenance standards for every rental unit in San Bernardino, covering…

Licensed rental dwelling units in unincorporated San Bernardino County must meet Fire and Building Code standards, stay…

San Diego adopts the Uniform Housing Code and State Housing Law as its Housing Code, governing habitability…

Unincorporated San Diego County requires an annual Department of Environmental Health permit before any apartment house…

San Francisco's Housing Code declares a rental building substandard when a listed defect, from missing hot water to…

San Joaquin County adopts the State Housing Law and defines substandard housing conditions, applying to all dwellings…

San Jose's Housing Code (SJMC Chapter 17.20, Part 9) declares a dwelling with no hot water, inadequate heat, structural…

San Marcos makes it a crime for an owner, manager or lessor to rent out any dwelling that qualifies as a 'substandard…

San Rafael requires landlords to keep habitable rooms, bathrooms and toilet rooms at least 68°F during the heating…

Santa Ana law requires every rental housing owner to keep the unit and property free of 'substandard conditions'…

Santa Clara enforces minimum property maintenance and habitability standards through the 2024 International Property…

Rental units in unincorporated Santa Clara County must meet the 2024 International Property Maintenance Code, adopted…

Unincorporated Santa Cruz County rentals must meet the 1997 Uniform Housing Code, adopted at County Code § 12.10.252…

Santa Maria's locally amended Property Maintenance Code requires every dwelling to have heating facilities capable of…

Santa Rosa landlords who furnish heat under a lease must maintain at least 68 degrees Fahrenheit in every habitable…

Simi Valley Municipal Code Section 5-36.104 sets minimum upkeep standards that apply to anyone owning, renting, or…

Stanislaus County's amended housing code requires every landlord who rents, leases, or lets a dwelling or sleeping unit…

Thousand Oaks enforces rental habitability through its adopted 2024 International Property Maintenance Code. Landlords…

Union City enforces the Uniform Housing Code with California amendments as its local Housing Code, setting space…

Vacaville enforces the 2024 International Property Maintenance Code as a supplement to state law under Municipal Code…

When Vallejo code enforcement finds a rental unit substandard, hazardous, or unsafe, the property owner, not the city…

Ventura amends the adopted Property Maintenance Code to require landlords to supply heat. Municipal Code Section…

Victorville enforces the 2012 International Property Maintenance Code, adopted by reference as the City's Property…

When a Whittier code official orders a rental unit vacated because severe conditions breach the landlord's implied…

Rental housing in Anaheim must meet California Civil Code 1941.1 habitability standards covering weatherproofing…

Moreno Valley rentals must meet California Civil Code 1941.1 habitability standards, including working plumbing…

California Civil Code Section 1941.1 establishes the implied warranty of habitability that applies to every Riverside…

Rental properties in Sonora must meet California habitability standards under Civil Code section 1941.1. Landlords must…

California sets no fixed dollar or percentage cap on rent late fees, but a late fee in a residential lease is treated…

To end a California month-to-month tenancy, a tenant gives 30 days' written notice. A landlord gives 30 days if the…

California evictions run through the unlawful detainer process. Under Code of Civil Procedure § 1161, nonpayment…

California adverse possession requires five years of continuous, open, hostile possession AND payment of all property…