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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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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Winter storm-related states of emergency, along with caps on rent increases, expired on May 20 in Contra Costa, Riverside, San Diego and Yolo counties, leaving Solano as the only county…
In response to the ongoing winter storm recovery efforts, Gov. Newsom has declared a state of emergency in Solano County, a move that triggered a limit on rent increases. The…
A winter-storm related state of emergency, along with restrictions on rent increases, expired at 11:59 p.m. on April 27 in Alameda, Marin, Modoc, and Shasta counties. Meanwhile, Contra Costa, Riverside,…
Limits on rent increases are in effect after Gov. Newsom on Thursday proclaimed a state of emergency in four California counties to bolster state and local storm response efforts. The…
Storm-related states of emergency, along with caps on rent increases, expired March 31 in Amador, Kern, Los Angeles, Madera, Mariposa, Mono, Nevada, San Bernardino, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Sierra,…
Over 80% of California counties now have limits on rent increases Out of California’s 58 counties, 47 of them now have emergency-related limits on rent increases due to severe winter…
Forty-three California counties now have emergency-related caps on rent increases due to the March storms. Gov. Newsom declared a state of emergency in three additional California counties to support storm…
Gov. Newsom has declared a state of emergency in an additional 21 California counties in response to a series of storms forecasted to continue through mid-March. Newsom’s latest declaration, issued…
A statewide emergency declaration prompted by winter storms expired last week, leaving zero governor-declared states of emergency in effect that limit rent increases.
