Rent control in West Hollywood, CA

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

West Hollywood controls qualifying pre-July-1979 rentals
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Verified on 2026-08-18 — 1 day ago.

West Hollywood's full RSO limits increases for multifamily residential rental units with a certificate of occupancy before 1 July 1979 and for certain older single-family and condominium tenancies.

The city's registered-address record and tenancy start date decide coverage; the RSO's eviction protections extend more broadly than the rent ceiling.

Exemptions

  • Most newer construction is outside the local rent ceiling.
  • Single-family homes and condominiums generally require a qualifying pre-1996 tenancy for the full local ceiling.
Construction
Built before 1980

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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 — 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.

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