Rent control in Beverly Hills, CA

2 rules apply — the local one first, then the county and state rules that bind alongside it.

Research, not legal advice

These summaries are compiled from ordinance text and public sources and are dated at the point they were last checked. Rules change between checks — Newark replaced its whole registration regime in a single month — so confirm anything you are about to underwrite against the primary source or the municipal office named in the citation.

Beverly Hills regulates covered residential rents

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Verified on 2026-08-18 — 1 day 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

Sources

AB 1482 caps increases at 5% plus CPI, to a 10% ceiling

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Verified on 2026-08-01 — 18 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.

Exemptions

Housing issued a certificate of occupancy within the previous 15 years.
An owner-occupied duplex is exempt when the owner occupied one unit as their principal residence at the tenancy's start and remains there.
A separately alienable single-family home or condominium is exempt only when the owner is not a REIT, corporation, or LLC with a corporate member and the tenant received the statutory exemption notice.

Annual cap: 10%
Owner-occupied exemption: Yes

In effect since 2020-01-01.

Sources

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

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