Landlord

San Jose runs a just-cause eviction and relocation system separate from, and stricter than, the state’s Tenant Protection Act, with exact dollar figures and filing steps a landlord selling a rental has to follow.

West Hollywood runs its own rent stabilization law on top of state rules, and before you can sell a tenant-occupied rental built on or before July 1, 1979, you need to clear the city’s registration and relocation-fee rules.

The Pasadena tenant protection ordinance, Measure H, is a city-level rent cap and just-cause eviction law that took effect December 22, 2022, and it sets the notice periods and relocation pay owners owe before a no-fault termination.

Before you can close the sale of a tenant-occupied rental in the City of Los Angeles, the property’s Rent Stabilization Ordinance (RSO) registration with the Los Angeles Housing Department (LAHD) has to be current, with the annual per-unit fee paid and the ownership record updated to your name. If it isn’t, the city’s own rule is that no rent may legally be collected on the units until registration is current.

The City of San Diego requires two months’ rent in relocation help, or three for seniors and disabled tenants, when an owner ends a tenancy for a no-fault reason. Here is how the ordinance works for owners planning to sell.

In Santa Monica, a landlord must give a city rights notice before offering a tenant money to move, and the tenant can cancel within 30 days. Here is the full procedure, the 2026 minimums and the filing window.

Before you can legally buy out a rent-stabilized tenant in Los Angeles, LAMC 151.31 requires a specific disclosure, a 30-day rescission right, and a filing with LAHD within 60 days of signing.

Concord’s rent stabilization ordinance now caps annual increases on covered units at a flat 5%, replaced a weaker CPI-linked formula in mid-2025, and requires every rental unit in the city — even exempt ones — to be registered.

Every rental unit in Oakland must be registered with the city’s Rent Adjustment Program by March 1 each year, and if that registration has lapsed, the owner can’t legally raise rent or respond to a tenant petition until it’s fixed.