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Rent control changes, eviction rules, and market updates for LA County rental owners, written by the team that manages and owns income property here.
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 moreThe 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 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 moreSB 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 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.
Read moreOn February 10, 2026, the LA County Board of Supervisors declined to take up a proposal that would have raised the eviction protection threshold from one month to three months of fair market rent countywide. Only Supervisor Horvath supported it and nobody seconded, so the one-month threshold in unincorporated areas stays in place.
Read moreIn October 2025, Los Angeles County declared a state of emergency over financial distress among tenants, with eviction moratorium talks expected next. Here's what I told owners to do right away: review the rent roll, document every tenant conversation, and check how long your reserves will carry you.
Read moreThe City of Los Angeles Just Cause Ordinance protects tenants after six months, not the 12 months under state law, and it covers nearly every rental, including single-family homes, condos and ADUs. A rent increase of 10% or more in 12 months counts as economic displacement, and the tenant can claim relocation assistance of roughly $10,000 to $30,000.
Read moreSince August 20, 2025, the Los Angeles Right to Counsel ordinance requires landlords to give every tenant a Notice of Right to Counsel at the start of the tenancy, include it with every eviction notice, and post it in a common area. Skip it and the tenant may have a defense in an eviction case.
Read moreSB 436, the 2025 California bill that would have stretched the pay-or-quit notice for unpaid rent from 3 days to 14, was defeated. The three-day notice is still the rule.
Read moreIn Eshagian v. Cepeda, a California court threw out a three-day notice because it didn't say when the notice period started, when it ended, or when it was served. If your form doesn't show those dates clearly, update it before you serve another one.
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