Rent control in Sacramento, 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.

Sacramento's Tenant Protection Program caps qualifying older rentals

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Verified on 2026-08-18 — 43 days ago.

Sacramento's Tenant Protection Program limits annual increases for covered apartments, duplexes, and long-term hotel rooms built before February 1995; the city publishes the current maximum annually.

Covered property includes qualifying pre-February-1995 apartments and duplexes. Single-family homes, condominiums, and stock cooperatives are outside the city programme.

Exemptions

Single-family dwellings.
Condominiums and stock cooperatives.
Rental units built in or after February 1995.

Unit counts: 2+ units
Construction: Built before 1996

Sources

City of Sacramento — Tenant Protection Program for landlords

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

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Verified on 2026-08-01 — 60 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

Every rule for Sacramento, CA