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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Gov. Gavin Newsom declared states of emergency on Wednesday, Sept. 11, for several Southern California counties in response to fast-moving wildfires, triggering California’s anti-price gouging protections. These protections cap rent…
Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency in San Bernardino County on Saturday, Sept. 7, due to the Line Fire, activating California’s anti-price gouging statute, which limits rent increases…
Gov. Gavin Newsom has declared a state of emergency in the City of Rancho Palos Verdes, located in Los Angeles County, due to ongoing land movement, which has disrupted utility…
The wildfire-related state of emergency in Kern County, along with the associated caps on rent increases, expired at 11:59 p.m. on Aug. 29. Additionally, the governor-declared emergencies related to wildfires…
Kern County is the only county in California still under price-gouging restrictions due to wildfires. The states of emergency in Plumas, Butte, and Tehama Counties, related to the Gold Complex…
Limits on rent increases have again been triggered due to severe wildfires raging in California. On Tuesday, July 30, 2024, Gov. Newsom declared a state of emergency in Kern County…
Gov. Newsom today declared a state of emergency in Butte County, activating California’s anti-price gouging law, including restrictions on rent increases. The declaration, issued July 3, stems from the Thompson…
New emergency orders are in effect in nine California counties, but without the usual limits on rent increases that accompany such proclamations. On June 21, 2024, Gov. Newsom issued the…
A proposal that could have led to perpetual states of emergency tied to climate change with related caps on rent increases has failed to move out of the Assembly Appropriations…
