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City receives 2025 rental‑registration report showing modest rent increases
Summary
City staff reported that Calabasas’ rental‑registration program recorded 1,476 apartment units with an average apartment rent rising from $3,052 in 2024 to $3,133 in 2025 (about a 2.64% increase). Staff said the program is for tracking, not rent control; no policy changes were recommended.
Calabasas City staff presented the city’s 2025 rental‑registration update and told the City Council that apartment rents rose modestly between reporting periods. Jacqueline Rackerbee, who gave the presentation, said the program—adopted in 2004—requires owners of four or more rental units to register annually.
Rackerbee said the city currently tracks 1,476 registered apartment units, 35 registered condos/individually owned rental units and 210 mobile‑home spaces. She reported the average apartment rent in Calabasas increased from $3,052 in 2024 to $3,133 in 2025, “about $81 or 2.64 percent,” and that the median apartment rent was $2,908. She noted the increases are consistent with regional trends and the Consumer Price Index, which showed a 3.7% rent increase countywide over the same period.
The presentation clarified the purpose and scope of the registration program: it is a tracking tool only, not a rent‑control policy. Rackerbee told the council the city does not restrict rental rate increases and that California’s statewide tenant protections limit year‑to‑year increases for continuing tenancies (generally 5% plus CPI, or 10% maximum) but do not set new vacancy rents when a unit turns over.
Council members asked how the city identifies owners who fall outside the program. Rackerbee said staff rely primarily on complaints, record checks through the city’s GIS/property records, and outreach when an owner is identified; staff said there are no known large portfolios of unregistered owners at this time. The council also discussed accessory dwelling units (ADUs): staff said ADUs have not yet produced cases where a single owner is renting four separate ADUs without registering because ADUs typically cannot be owned separately from the primary unit.
The report noted two city housing programs: a rental assistance program with up to 50 participants (current monthly assistance $303) targeted at seniors and persons on permanent disability earning less than 80% of the LA County AMI, and a CDBG residential rehabilitation program that helps two to three households at a time with repairs. Staff concluded by saying they currently do not recommend changes to the registration program but welcomed feedback for future reports.
The council received the report; no action was required. The council discussed possible future outreach and asked staff to monitor the dataset and report back if compliance concerns arise.
