Beginning April 1, 2025, landlords are required to provide photographic evidence before or at the beginning of the tenancy, and if the landlord withholds part of a tenant’s security deposit for repairs or cleaning.
Ordinance No. 248-24 changes the new construction date in the Rent Ordinance, but only if Costa-Hawkins is repealed or amended to allow the City to do so.
The way General Obligation Bond Passthroughs are calculated has changed.
In addition, Tenant Financial Hardship Applications used to only apply to some of the Passthrough. Now, it applies to the whole Passthrough.
Requires that where an owner obtains an exemption from the Conditional Use Authorization requirement to remove an unauthorized unit from a qualifying single-family home, the single-family home shall be subject to the rent increase limitations of the Rent Ordinance.
AB 12 amends California Civil Code Section 1950.5 to limit the maximum security deposit for a dwelling unit to one month's rent, regardless of whether the unit is furnished or unfurnished.