Beverly Hills, CA — landlord and rental rules

6 rules across 5 topics, including the county and state rules that bind here. Last verified 2026-08-18.

Rent controlVacancy decontrolJust-cause evictionRental registrationOther

Rent control

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Beverly Hills regulates covered residential rents
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Verified on 2026-08-18 — 45 days ago.

Beverly Hills applies its Chapter 5 and Chapter 6 rent-stabilization regimes to covered residential rentals; Chapter 6 expressly includes properties with two or more dwellings.

Chapter 6 expressly reaches multiple residential dwellings of two or more units; Chapter 5 and the listed exemptions can produce a different result.

The city currently publishes different annual ceilings for Chapter 5 and Chapter 6 units. Establish the chapter, lawful rent and current percentage in the registry rather than applying one figure to both.

Unit counts
2+ units
AB 1482 caps increases at 5% plus CPI, to a 10% ceiling
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Verified on 2026-08-01 — 62 days ago.

The Tenant Protection Act caps annual rent increases at 5% plus CPI, with a hard ceiling of 10%, on housing built more than 15 years ago.

The 15-year window rolls forward, so a building drifts into coverage with age rather than being fixed by its construction date at purchase.

Annual cap
10%
Construction
Built before 2011

In effect since 2020-01-01.

Sources

  • California Tenant Protection Act of 2019 (AB 1482) — Cal. Civ. Code §1946.2, §1947.12

Vacancy decontrol

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Costa-Hawkins preserves vacancy decontrol
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Verified on 2026-08-01 — 62 days ago.

Costa-Hawkins exempts post-1995 construction and single-family homes and condominiums from *local* rent control, and preserves the landlord's right to reset rent to market on vacancy.

It does not help at the affordable end, because affordable stock is old stock: the buildings a small investor can actually buy are usually the ones Costa-Hawkins does not exempt.

Vacancy decontrol
Yes — rent resets on vacancy
Construction
Built after 1995

Sources

  • Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act — Cal. Civ. Code §1954.50 et seq.

Just-cause eviction

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Beverly Hills adds local eviction protections
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Verified on 2026-08-18 — 45 days ago.

Beverly Hills' rent-stabilization programme includes local just-cause and eviction protections for covered residential tenancies under its Chapter 5 and Chapter 6 regimes.

Establish the unit's Chapter 5 or Chapter 6 record and the permitted termination ground before underwriting a vacancy.

Exemptions

  • The applicable chapter, property class, tenancy status and ordinance-specific exemptions require confirmation.

Rental registration

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Beverly Hills requires annual and turnover registration
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Verified on 2026-08-18 — 45 days ago.

Beverly Hills requires covered residential rental units to maintain the city's annual registration and required tenancy-turnover filings.

Registration applies across the city's covered residential rental classes, including small multifamily property.

Confirm the unit's Chapter 5 or Chapter 6 classification, annual filing and latest tenancy record.

Unit counts
1+ units

Other

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Insurance is a live underwriting problem, not a line item
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Verified on 2026-08-01 — 62 days ago.

FAIR Plan policies are up 139% since 2021, habitability claims are now commonly excluded, and earthquake cover is excluded from every standard policy.

Get a bindable quote before removing contingencies. An insurance assumption carried over from another state is the single largest silent error in a California pro forma.

Fair plan increase since2021
139%