Plain English Breakdown
The source text confirms the bill passed but does not provide an effective date, leaving uncertainty on when rules take effect.
AB-1157: Changes to Rent Rules and Movie Nuisance Enforcement
This law lowers rent increase limits, removes exemptions for most single-family homes while keeping some mobilehome rules, extends these protections indefinitely instead of ending them in 2030, and allows county lawyers to help stop movies showing real violence.
What This Bill Does
- Lowers the maximum yearly rent increase from 5% plus cost-of-living changes (or 10%) to 2% plus cost-of-living changes (or 5%).
- Removes an exemption that previously allowed owners of single-family homes and condos to raise rents without limits, but keeps exemptions for mobilehomes if specific criteria are met.
- Extends the rules for just cause evictions indefinitely by removing a date when they were set to end on January 1, 2030.
- Allows county counsel offices to join district attorneys and the Attorney General in stopping movies that show real acts of killing or cruelty.
- Extends authorizations allowing owners of assisted housing developments to set initial rent rates if they prove compliance with certain rules under penalty of perjury.
Who It Names or Affects
- Owners of residential rental properties, including single-family homes and condos that are no longer exempt from limits.
- Tenants living in covered residential units for more than 12 months.
- County counsel offices responsible for enforcing nuisance laws regarding motion pictures.
- Owners of assisted housing developments setting initial rent rates.
Terms To Know
- Just cause termination
- A rule requiring landlords to have a specific legal reason, such as non-payment or lease violation, before ending a tenancy after the tenant has lived there for over one year.
- Alienable separate from title
- Property that can be sold separately from other units on the same land, often referring to single-family homes or condos not owned as part of a larger complex.
- Cost of living change
- A percentage number based on how much prices for goods and services have changed in an area over time.
Limits and Unknowns
- The official source does not list the specific criteria owners must meet to keep mobilehomes exempt from these rules.
- No effective date is listed, so it is unclear exactly when these changes begin.
- The law specifies that county counsel can enforce movie nuisance laws but does not detail how often they will use this power.