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State rent-cap and just-cause rules: what landlords and tenants in San Buenaventura should know
Summary
Jennifer Felton summarized California rent protections, including AB 1482's rent-increase cap and just-cause provisions and SB 567's broader just-cause protections, and described the 14-day payback window when government benefits are delayed.
At the workshop, Jennifer Felton outlined recent California laws that affect landlords' ability to raise rent and evict tenants. She described AB 1482 as a statewide rent-cap and just-cause law (citing a commonly discussed 10% annual cap) and said that tenants who have lived in a unit more than a year generally cannot be removed without a listed just-cause reason.
Felton also summarized SB 567 as expanding the list of just-cause reasons a landlord must meet to remove a tenant. She noted a recent rule change affecting tenants who miss rent because government benefits were delayed: "once the tenant gets their money, once the government reopens and they get their money, the tenant has 14 days to pay the back rent," she said, advising landlords to be aware of these protections when pursuing evictions.
