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Here are a few of these new laws going into effect in 2025 that renters should know — from changes to fees tacked on to rent and positive rental history credit reporting to eviction proceedings.
While many cities in California raised rents to record-breaking highs in 2022, the state of California does have statewide rent control caps. City specific laws extend to cities in Northern and ...
Rent control laws define which rental units are affected, and may only cover larger complexes, or units older than a certain date. To attempt to not disincentivise investment in new housing stock, rent control laws often exempt new construction. For example, San Francisco's Rent Stabilization Ordinance exempts all units built after 1979. [63]
Santa Ana, California, limits annual rent increases to 3% for any apartments built before 1995, which is below the state’s rent control cap of 5% plus local inflation.
Costa-Hawkins is the key state legislation which serves to guide the operative provisions and practice of rent control in California. [58] Yet it is the local governments, for the most part the cities, which actually write and adopt the specific rent control laws.
Proposition 33, titled Expands Local Governments’ Authority to Enact Rent Control on Residential Property, and also marketed as the "Justice for Renters Act", was a California ballot proposition and initiative statute in the 2024 general election that would have repealed the Costa–Hawkins Rental Housing Act and allowed localities to enact ...
California now has 11% tax on gun and ammunition due to new law. Here’s what to know Assembly Bill 1013 requires California bars and nightclubs serving alcohol to offer test kits for date rape ...
The Tenant Protection Act limits how much landlords and property managers can raise rents annually. Here's this year's maximum increase for many L.A. renters.