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Under California Penal Code 396, landlords cannot increase asking rents by more than 10% for existing units that were already on the market before the declaration of emergency went into effect.
The pro-tenant Western Center on Law and Poverty (WCLP) had endorsed several features of the Bill that served tenant interests: the prohibition of rent increases "if serious health, safety, fire, or building code violations were discovered and not corrected for six months," and some claims by subtenants to lower rent under an existing tenancy.
Law enforcement should tell landlords to “seek legal advice if they have an issue with the tenant or to lawfully evict the tenant.” Police should document the incident through a report, even ...
California’s law makes it illegal for landlords and businesses to raise prices more than 10% in a state of emergency — punishable by up to $10,000 in fines or a year in jail.
In a few California cities (the San Gabriel Valley city of Duarte, for example), the Department of Public Safety usually is restricted to code enforcement officers or animal control service agents (especially when those cities contract out for law enforcement with the county sheriff's office).
The Ellis Act (California Government Code Chapter 12.75) [1] is a 1985 California state law that allows landlords to evict residential tenants to "go out of the rental business" in spite of desires by local governments to compel them to continue providing rental housing.
California lawmakers are calling on the state to expedite rules that some scientists and fire officials say may have helped mitigate the damage from Los Angeles’ devastating wildfires. The idea ...
The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, colloquially known as Cal Fire, [3] is the fire department of the California Natural Resources Agency in the U.S. state of California. It is responsible for fire protection in various areas under state responsibility totaling 31 million acres, as well as the administration of the state ...