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SB-709 • 2026

Self-service storage facilities: rental agreement disclosures.

Self-service storage facilities: rental agreement disclosures.

Housing
Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Menjivar
Last action
2025-10-06
Official status
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 353, Statutes of 2025.
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not specify that the information must be easy to find or understand, only that it must be disclosed in a prescribed manner.

Storage Rental Rules: What You Need to Know

This law requires storage facility owners to disclose discounts, changes in fees, and maximum charges for the first year when people sign new rental agreements starting January 1, 2026.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires storage facilities to inform renters about whether their monthly fee is discounted or promotional.
  • Tells renters if their monthly fee can change after signing the contract.
  • Shows renters the highest amount they could be charged in the first year of renting a unit.

Who It Names or Affects

  • People who rent storage units from self-service facilities starting January 1, 2026.
  • Owners or managers of self-service storage facilities.

Terms To Know

Self-service storage facility
A place where people can store their belongings in individual units, and they manage the keys themselves.
Rental agreement
The contract between a renter and a landlord or facility owner that outlines rules and fees for using a storage unit.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This law only applies to new rental agreements starting on January 1, 2026.
  • It does not change how facilities operate before this date.

Bill History

  1. 2025-10-06 California Legislative Information

    Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 353, Statutes of 2025.

  2. 2025-10-06 California Legislative Information

    Approved by the Governor.

  3. 2025-09-22 California Legislative Information

    Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.

  4. 2025-09-11 California Legislative Information

    Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 31. Noes 6. Page 2894.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

  5. 2025-09-10 California Legislative Information

    In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.

  6. 2025-09-10 California Legislative Information

    Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 57. Noes 17. Page 3165.) Ordered to the Senate.

  7. 2025-09-04 California Legislative Information

    Ordered to third reading.

  8. 2025-09-04 California Legislative Information

    Read third time and amended.

  9. 2025-06-25 California Legislative Information

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  10. 2025-06-24 California Legislative Information

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 3.) (June 24).

  11. 2025-06-16 California Legislative Information

    From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

  12. 2025-06-09 California Legislative Information

    Referred to Com. on JUD.

  13. 2025-06-04 California Legislative Information

    In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

  14. 2025-06-03 California Legislative Information

    Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 30. Noes 6. Page 1466.) Ordered to the Assembly.

  15. 2025-06-02 California Legislative Information

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  16. 2025-05-29 California Legislative Information

    Ordered to second reading.

  17. 2025-05-29 California Legislative Information

    Read third time and amended.

  18. 2025-05-08 California Legislative Information

    Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading.

  19. 2025-05-07 California Legislative Information

    From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 1027.) (May 6).

  20. 2025-04-11 California Legislative Information

    Set for hearing May 6.

  21. 2025-03-24 California Legislative Information

    From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

  22. 2025-03-12 California Legislative Information

    Referred to Com. on JUD.

  23. 2025-02-24 California Legislative Information

    Read first time.

  24. 2025-02-24 California Legislative Information

    From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.

  25. 2025-02-21 California Legislative Information

    Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

Official Summary Text

SB 709, Menjivar.
Self-service storage facilities: rental agreement disclosures.
Existing law, the California Self-Service Storage Facility Act, establishes procedures governing the operation of self-service storage facilities, including specifying remedies for facility owners when occupants are delinquent in paying rent or other charges.
This bill would, for rental agreements initially entered into on or after January 1, 2026, require a rental agreement to disclose, in a prescribed manner, certain items, including whether the rental fee is discounted or promotional, whether the rental fee is subject to change, and the maximum rental fee that the owner could charge during the first 12 months following the date of the rental agreement.

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