California’s anti-price gouging statute, Penal Code Section 396, prohibits individuals, specified industries, and service providers from raising the price of many consumer goods and services by more than 10 percent…
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Complying with Mountain View’s Rent Control Law
On November 8, 2016, Mountain View voters adopted Measure V, also known as the Community Stability and Fair Rent Charter Amendment (CSFRA), which went into effect on December 23, 2016.…
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Complying with the City of Alameda’s Rent Control Program
The City of Alameda’s rent control program has been enacted through a series of ordinances over the years. The original program became effective in 2015. In the summer of 2019,…
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Ellis Act: A General Overview
Enacted in 1985, the Ellis Act provides that no local government can compel a rental property owner to continue to offer housing for rent. At the same time, the law…
Forms SJ-001
Notification of San Jose Rent Control Ordinance
For use with rent-controlled units in the city of San Jose. Do not complete this form without first reviewing the instruction sheet.
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Overview of San Jose’s Revised Rent Control Law
On November 28, 2017, the San Jose City Council voted to replace the City’s nearly forty-year-old rent control law with a new rent control ordinance. The new Apartment Rent Ordinance…
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Rent Control: Bad Economic and Failed Social Policy
As communities across the country have removed old heavy-handed rent control policies, eleven California cities continue to maintain rent control ordinances (governing residential rental housing) and have adopted regulatory schemes…
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Rent Control: Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act
In 1995, the California Legislature passed and the Governor signed AB 1164 – a law that is known as the Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act. This law cleared the way for…
