Cooling Requirement Coming to Unincorporated L.A. County Beginning January 1, 2027, landlords in Unincorporated LA County will be required to provide cooling capable of keeping rentals at or below 82 degrees. The ordinance establishes cooling as a housing standard alongside long-standing requirements for heat and hot water. This does NOT automatically require landlords to provide…
California’s local rent control regimes have survived constitutional challenges in large part because of one safety valve: no matter how tight the cap, the owner keeps the right to petition for a fair return on their property. Strip that right out, and a rent ceiling starts to look like an unconstitutional taking of private property.…
As California rolls into a host of new laws that went into effect January 1, 2026, lease agreements that worked in the past won’t cut it anymore. Most of the new requirements apply when a lease is newly entered, renewed, or amended. Let’s review some new laws that necessitate a makeover of lease agreements to…
Below are questions asked by rental property owners regarding California rent control laws, followed by answers provided by Attorney Richard Beckman. Question 1: My Oakland rental building was built in 1918. The information was preprinted on the form the City of Oakland provided when I registered the building for rent control on 04/05/2023. It appears to…
Below are questions asked by rental property owners regarding California rent control laws, followed by answers provided by Attorney Richard Beckman. Question 1: Regarding the available AOA forms for AB1482. San Francisco Rent Board has its own set of Rent Increase Guidelines, etc. Would the ‘Property is EXEMPT from State Wide Rent Control’ be the…
Below are questions asked by rental property owners regarding California rent control laws followed by answers provided by eviction attorney Dennis Block. Question One: What form do I send out to terminate a Section 8 tenant? Is there a specific number of days required to terminate? My apartment building is located in Manhattan Beach.…
Below are questions asked by rental property owners regarding California rent control laws followed by answers provided by eviction attorney Dennis Block. Question One: What form do I send out to terminate a Section 8 tenant? Is there a specific number of days required to terminate? My apartment building is located in Fullerton. Answer…
Below are questions asked by rental property owners regarding California rent control laws followed by answers provided by eviction attorney Dennis Block. Question One: I allowed my nephew to live with me temporarily. I did not charge him rent. He has now been here over six months and refuses to leave. I called the…
Below are questions asked by rental property owners regarding California rent control laws followed by answers provided by eviction attorney Dennis Block. Question One: I allowed my nephew to live with me temporarily. I did not charge him rent. He has now been here over six months and refuses to leave. I called the…
Below are questions asked by rental property owners regarding California rent control laws followed by answers provided by Attorney Richard Beckman. Question One: Tenant did not pay rent due by the third of the month, so I ‘nailed & mailed’ the three day notice to pay or quit, and a Notice of Belief of…