California’s Housing Crisis Act (HCA) (Government Code Section 66300 et seq.) requires that any proposed housing development project replace all existing protected units or protected units demolished on or after January 1, 2020.

Tenants in protected units under the HCA are entitled to the following protections under State Law:

• the right to remain in the unit for 6 months prior to the start of construction activity;
• written notice of the planned demolition that includes vacate date and their rights;
• the right to return/right of first refusal for eligible tenants;
• the right to return if the demolition does not proceed; and
• the right to relocation benefits for eligible tenants.

To learn more, view our CA Housing Crisis Act Information Sheet

In January 2024, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors passed a motion directing the Department of Public Health to collaborate with other County departments to establish a Safe Maximum Temperature Threshold for Residential Units, gather stakeholder input, and prepare a draft ordinance.

Attend an Upcoming Stakeholder Meeting: The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health will host virtual stakeholder meetings to present the status of the County ordinance and gather input from stakeholders. 

Assembly Bill (AB) 1620, effective January 1, 2024, authorizes local jurisdictions that have opted into this new legislation to require that tenants in rent-controlled units and who have permanent physical disabilities related to mobility be allowed to relocate to an available, accessible unit at the same rental rates and terms of the existing lease. This law only applies to properties with five or more rental units

This law allows local jurisdictions that have enacted rent control ordinances to permit a tenant to maintain the same rent if they make a request to the landlord to move to a comparable or smaller unit in the same building due to a permanent disability related to mobility. 

The law provides that the move is allowed if all of the following apply:

   1) the move is determined to be necessary to accommodate the tenant’s physical disability related to mobility;

   2) there is no operational elevator that serves the floor of the tenant’s current unit;

   3) the new unit is in the same building or on the same parcel with at least four other units and shares the same owner;

   4) the new unit does not require renovation to comply with applicable requirements of the Health and Safety Code; and

   5) the tenant is not currently subject to an eviction for non-payment of rent. 

Tenants can utilize this new law by requesting an accommodation in writing to their landlord.  For further questions or information, please contact the Rent Stabilization Division at (323) 848-6450.

Related forms:

• Reasonable Accommodation Information
• Request to Move to a More Accessible Unit Due to Disability

Beginning in 2023, most properties with rental units that are not subject to rent limits under the RSO must also follow the building registration and tenancy re-registration process.

• Buildings subject to this provision need to be registered with the city
• Once a property is registered, the landlord will have an ongoing duty to re-register new tenancies as they are created
• Registration fees must be paid annually

 The current registration fee is $144 per registered rental unit, subject to change by the City Council. Once the $144 registration fee is paid, landlords may pass-through one-half of the registration fee as a monthly prorated surcharge (currently $6.00) to their tenants.

For more information on the registration requirements for non-rent controlled units (single-family homes, condos, and new construction), please click here: Non-Rent Controlled Unit Registry