Do you know what you would do if there was an apartment fire or disaster in your multi-unit apartment? As the apartment manager, your role is critical to the support…
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Price Gouging
California’s anti-price gouging statute, Penal Code Section 396, prohibits landlords and other businesses from raising rent (or the price of many consumer goods and services) by more than 10 percent for a period of time after a state of emergency has been declared by the President, the Governor, or local officials. Rent increases are limited to 10% during that period, irrespective of the duration and whether the unit becomes vacant.
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Understanding the Anti-Price Gouging Law Webinar
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If you follow the news, you probably notice that California appears to be in a constant state of emergency. Whether due to fires, severe storms, earthquakes, or pandemics, both the…
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As wildfires devastate Los Angeles and Ventura counties, the California Apartment Association expresses its deepest sympathies to those impacted and encourages rental property owners to stay informed about their legal…
While an earthquake-related state of emergency in Del Norte, Humboldt, and Mendocino counties has expired, California remains under a statewide emergency related to Bird Flu, keeping rent-gouging protections in effect…
On Wednesday, December 18, Governor Newsom proclaimed a statewide state of emergency with a related cap on rent increases to streamline and expedite the state’s response to Avian Influenza A…
The state of emergency in Ventura County, issued in response to the Mountain Fire last month, officially expired at 11:59 p.m. Saturday. The declaration had activated California’s anti-price-gouging law under…
Gov. Gavin Newsom today declared a state of emergency in Del Norte, Humboldt, and Mendocino counties in response to a 7.0 magnitude earthquake, triggering California’s anti-price gouging law and capping…
Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday, Nov. 7, declared a state of emergency in Ventura County due to the Mountain Fire, which has burned more than 19,600 acres, destroyed structures, and…
The last remaining governor-declared state of emergency in California, issued in response to the Boyles Fire in Lake County, expired at 11:59 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 29. With this expiration,…
The states of emergency declared for the Bridge and Airport fires in Southern California expired over the weekend and were not extended by the governor, bringing an end to state-imposed…
The governor declared state of emergency for the Line Fire in San Bernardino County expired on Monday, Oct. 7, 2024, ending state-imposed price-gouging protections that capped rent increases at 10%…
