Sacramento passes it. You live with it.
Every week we track the California bills that touch rental housing, tenancy, and common interest developments, then write up the ones that change what an LA County rental owner actually has to do. Most of these are not law yet. The point is to see them coming.
AB 1684, SB 222, SB 908, SB 1267, AB 739, AB 1892, AB 2050, SB 1296, AB 2025, SB 1117, SB 1301, AB 2439, SB 1238
The signing deadline has passed and Sacramento is done for the year. Seven new HOA laws, four for landlords and owners, and two vetoes worth knowing about. Most of it starts January 1, 2027.
Read moreSB 1160, AB 956, SB 1117, AB 1684, SB 1296, SB 1301, AB 1157
The Legislature adjourned August 31 and the Governor has until September 30 to act. Five bills on his desk change how you evict, how you advertise pets, what your HOA can block, what you can build on your lot, and whether your carrier can walk. Here is what each one does to an income property owner, in plain terms.
Read moreAB 1684
AB 1684 passed the Assembly 74-0 and the Senate 38-0. It was enrolled and presented to the Governor on August 27. Zero opposition. When signed, every HOA in California with a cooling restriction on the books is out of compliance. Here is what boards, managers, and owners need to know.
Read moreAB 1482
California's statewide rent cap repeals itself on January 1, 2030. The study that is supposed to tell the Legislature whether it worked is due on or before that same date. If you own rental property in this state, that scheduling is the whole story.
Read moreSB 1160
SB 1160 would put California eviction filings into a public spreadsheet broken out by ZIP code. It would also have started in 2028, until an amendment last week pushed every date back five years.
Read moreAB 1684
A California HOA cannot block an owner from installing solar or an EV charger. A bill pending in Sacramento would add cooling systems to that list.
Read moreAB 2025
AB 2025 would extend California's altered-image disclosure rule to rental listings for leases longer than a year. A meaningfully edited photo would need a disclosure, with the unaltered original available alongside it. Start keeping your originals now.
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