Long Beach, CA — landlord and rental rules

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

Rent controlVacancy decontrolJust-cause evictionRental registrationInspectionOther

Rent control

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AB 1482 caps increases at 5% plus CPI, to a 10% ceiling
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Verified on 2026-08-01 — 57 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 — 57 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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Long Beach adds local no-fault relocation duties
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Verified on 2026-08-18 — 40 days ago.

Long Beach applies just-cause and local relocation duties to most covered rentals after the protected tenancy period, adding city requirements to the state termination rules.

Confirm the tenancy start and current relocation amount before underwriting an owner move-in or other no-fault termination.

Exemptions

  • Property, occupancy, tenancy-duration and notice exemptions require case-specific confirmation.

Rental registration

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Long Beach PRHIP registers qualifying rental property
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Verified on 2026-08-18 — 40 days ago.

Long Beach's Proactive Rental Housing Inspection Program requires annual registration for qualifying residential rental properties containing four or more units.

PRHIP begins at four residential rental units on a qualifying property.

Confirm that the parcel is a qualifying rental property, its current annual PRHIP registration, unit roster, exemptions and outstanding programme charges before closing.

Unit counts
4+ units

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Inspection

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Long Beach PRHIP periodically inspects qualifying rental property
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Verified on 2026-08-18 — 40 days ago.

Long Beach PRHIP authorizes periodic inspection of qualifying residential rental properties containing four or more units.

PRHIP begins at four residential rental units on a qualifying property.

Confirm programme coverage, the latest inspection result, unresolved citations, exemptions and the next inspection date with the city; absence of a supplied report does not prove the property passed or was outside PRHIP.

Unit counts
4+ units

Sources

Other

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Insurance is a live underwriting problem, not a line item
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Verified on 2026-08-01 — 57 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%