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Rent Control Board tightens rules for filing rent‑adjustment petitions, adopts explicit timelines
Summary
The board adopted amendments to Regulations 403 and 405 to clarify that petitions are not deemed filed until staff determine they are complete and to require the hearings manager to determine completeness within 10 working days and mail notice within five working days after acceptance for filing.
The Santa Monica Rent Control Board voted March 12 to revise regulations that govern how rent‑adjustment petitions are submitted, reviewed and administratively dismissed. Staff told the board current language is contradictory about when a petition is "filed"; the revisions clarify that a petition is not deemed filed until staff have reviewed and determined it is complete.
Under the substitute language adopted by the board, upon the board27s receipt of a…
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