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California’s Statewide Rent Cap Explained: What AB 1482 Really Requires (and Who’s Exempt)

California’s Tenant Protection Act of 2019 has governed rent increases and many tenancy terminations across the state since 2020. Here’s what property owners, investors, homeowners, and tenants should know about AB 1482.

Southern California multifamily apartment building on a palm-lined street

AB 1482 applies to much of California’s rental housing, but important exemptions and local rules can significantly change how the law applies.

If you own, manage, rent, or are shopping for property in California, chances are AB 1482 already affects you — even if you’ve never heard the name. Formally known as the Tenant Protection Act of 2019, this state law has governed rent increases and evictions for much of California rental housing…

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Believe it or not, Home-Sharing aka Vacation Rentals aka Airbnb is technically illegal in Los Angeles. It seems everyone has done it, or has friends or family who has; whether they host or travel. For the past few years, the Los Angeles City Council has been waiting to vote on a controversial ordinance with rules and regulations about who can home share, how they can do it, and what they have to pay in order to stay compliant. On Tuesday, November 6, the Planning and Land Use Management Committee heard comments from critics and advocates of this politicized ordinance for the sixth time since the motion was introduced in December 2014.

While the November 6 meeting drew numbers for another issue on the PLUM Meeting Agenda, the City Hall's hallways were…

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Los Angeles City Hall

This Tuesday, Oct 24th, 2018 a Special Meeting of the Planning and Land Use Management (PLUM) Committee of the Los Angeles City Council convened to hear public comments on the proposed Home-Sharing Ordinance and adjourned without conclusion, again. The meeting was attended by members of the UNITE HERE Local 11, the Los Angeles Vacation Home Rental Alliance, Los Angeles Tenants Union, as well as concerned area landlords and home-share advocates. In the 3 years since the ordinance was proposed, it remains under review.

On June 2, 2015, City Councilmembers Mike Bonin and Herb Wesson first introduced the motion to direct the Department of City Planning to prepare an ordinance governing the use of short-term rentals (a portion of a residential building…

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