California Tenant Protection Act rent cap (Civ. Code § 1947.12)
Cal. Civ. Code § 1947.12 · CA · medium confidence
Over any 12-month period, a landlord cannot raise rent by more than 5% plus the local cost-of-living change, or 10%, whichever is lower. Rent can be raised at most twice in 12 months for the same tenant, and the landlord may set any starting rent for a new tenancy.
Key value 5% + CPI, max 10%
Statewide CA rule; in force (effective 2024-01-01). Coverage conditions are met on the supplied facts. Assumes affordable_restricted: false (presumed) · LA County eGIS parcels · no subsidy/deed restriction recorded in assessor use code; co_date: 1984-01-01–1984-12-31 (presumed) · LA County eGIS parcels · bounded from year built 1984 (assumes first CO within 0 year of construction); no CO record.
Does not apply to housing under local rent control that restricts annual increases to less than the state cap. The section does not expand or limit local governments' authority to adopt rent controls consistent with Civ. Code § 1954.50 et seq. Effective January 1, 2024 and operative April 1, 2024 (Stats. 2023, ch. 290, SB 567); repealed January 1, 2030.
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Exemptions in the law: Deed-restricted or subsidized affordable housing; dormitories of higher education or K-12 schools; housing under stricter local rent control; housing with a certificate of occupancy issued within the previous 15 years (except mobilehomes); separately alienable property (e.g. single-family homes, condos) whose owner is not a REIT, corporation, LLC with a corporate member or mobilehome park management and where written notice was given; duplex where the owner occupies one unit as principal residence.
Exemption: Deed-restricted or subsidized affordable housing (all of) → false
- falseHousing restricted as affordable or subsidizedFact: false (presumed) · LA County eGIS parcels · no subsidy/deed restriction recorded in assessor use code
Exemption: School dormitories (all of) → false
- falseDormitory owned and operated by a higher-education institution or K-12 schoolFact: multifamily · LA County eGIS parcels · use code 0500 Five or more apartments
Exemption: Certificate of occupancy within previous 15 years (not mobilehome) (all of) → false
- falseCertificate of occupancy issued within the previous 15 yearsFact: 1984-01-01–1984-12-31 (presumed) · LA County eGIS parcels · bounded from year built 1984 (assumes first CO within 0 year of construction); no CO record
- trueNot a mobilehomeFact: multifamily · LA County eGIS parcels · use code 0500 Five or more apartments
Exemption: Separately alienable property with non-corporate owner and notice (all of) → false
- falseResidential property alienable separate from title to any other dwelling unitFact: multifamily · LA County eGIS parcels · use code 0500 Five or more apartments
- unknownOwner is not a REIT or corporationFact: not in data (owner names deliberately excluded from sample)
- unknownOwner is not an LLC with a corporate member or mobilehome park managementFact: not in data
- unknownTenants were given the required written exemption noticeFact: not in data
Exemption: Owner-occupied duplex (all of) → false
- falseProperty with two dwelling units in a single structureFact: multifamily · LA County eGIS parcels · use code 0500 Five or more apartments
- unknownOwner occupies one unit as principal residenceFact: not in data (owner occupancy not in data)
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- Irrelevant here: exemption "Separately alienable property with non-corporate owner and notice" also requires "Residential property alienable separate from title to any other dwelling unit", which is false (multifamily · LA County eGIS parcels · use code 0500 Five or more apartments); a conjunction with a false part is false whatever "Owner is not a REIT or corporation" is.
- Irrelevant here: exemption "Separately alienable property with non-corporate owner and notice" also requires "Residential property alienable separate from title to any other dwelling unit", which is false (multifamily · LA County eGIS parcels · use code 0500 Five or more apartments); a conjunction with a false part is false whatever "Owner is not an LLC with a corporate member or mobilehome park management" is.
- Irrelevant here: exemption "Separately alienable property with non-corporate owner and notice" also requires "Residential property alienable separate from title to any other dwelling unit", which is false (multifamily · LA County eGIS parcels · use code 0500 Five or more apartments); a conjunction with a false part is false whatever "Tenants were given the required written exemption notice" is.
- Irrelevant here: exemption "Owner-occupied duplex" also requires "Property with two dwelling units in a single structure", which is false (multifamily · LA County eGIS parcels · use code 0500 Five or more apartments); a conjunction with a false part is false whatever "Owner occupies one unit as principal residence" is.