The guides

One page per question, per jurisdiction. Each one opens with the answer in a sentence, then shows every figure behind it with the document it came from and the date we checked it.

20 guides. Last checked August 9, 2026. When we get one wrong.

City of Los Angeles: Rent Stabilization Ordinance (RSO)

  • LA City RSO registry and annual fees When the LA City rent registry report is due, what the RSO, SCEP and JCO fees cost per unit, and what each one becomes if the bill goes delinquent.
  • LA City RSO rent increase limits The RSO allowable rent increase for the City of Los Angeles this year, the notice each size of increase takes, and what the bulletin says about utilities.
  • LA City deposit interest rate This year's City of Los Angeles security deposit interest rate, the rate for the year before, and the two choices the ordinance makes you put in writing.
  • LA City RSO delinquent fee amounts What the City of Los Angeles annual RSO, SCEP and JCO fees become once the bill goes delinquent, how long you have to appeal a penalty, and what an unregistered unit costs beyond money.
  • LA City RSO bill goes delinquent the last day of February The City of Los Angeles annual RSO, SCEP and JCO bill goes delinquent the last day of February. The RSO line is $38.75 per unit per year while it is current and $58.13 per unit per year once it is not.

Los Angeles County (unincorporated): Rent Stabilization & Tenant Protections Ordinance (RSTPO)

  • LA County rent registry: fee and date What the LA County rent registry costs per unit, when it is due, and what filing late adds, with the county document behind each figure.
  • LA County rent increase limits The allowable rent increase for unincorporated LA County this year, the higher caps and what each one requires, with the county source and the date we checked it.
  • LA County registry late penalty What LA County adds to a rent registry filed after the deadline, what the county publishes about it, and what it does not.
  • LA County rent registry due September 30 The LA County rent registry is due September 30. Registering costs $90.00 per unit per year for a fully covered unit, and a late filing carries a 10% penalty.

City of Santa Monica: Rent Control

  • Santa Monica General Adjustment limits Santa Monica's General Adjustment for this rent year, the dollar cap that overtakes the percentage on a higher rent, and everything the Board requires before you may take it.
  • Santa Monica registration fee and date What Santa Monica's annual rental registration costs per unit, when the bill is due, how much of it the tenant may be asked to carry, and who the new citywide registry reaches.

City of West Hollywood: Rent Stabilization

  • West Hollywood deposit interest rate The West Hollywood security deposit interest rate, when it is due to the tenant, and what a tenant may do if it is not paid.
  • West Hollywood registration fee and date What West Hollywood's annual rental registration costs per unit, the day it is due, the part of it the tenant may be asked to carry, and what registration unlocks.
  • West Hollywood AGA rent increase limits West Hollywood's Annual General Adjustment this year, the notice it takes, what happens to an increase you choose not to take, and what has to be true before you may impose one.

City of Pasadena: Rent Stabilization (Charter Article XVIII / Measure H)

  • Pasadena rental registry: fee and dates When Pasadena's rental registry window opens and closes, what registering costs per unit, and how long the grace period runs, from the city's own pages.
  • Pasadena registry late fee tiers Pasadena's three tiers of rental registry late penalty, the grace period before the first one starts, and what a late registration costs beyond money.
  • Pasadena rent increase (AGA) limits Pasadena's Annual General Adjustment this year, what has to be true before you may impose it, and what the notice has to say, from the Charter and the Board's regulations.
  • Pasadena deposit interest rate The Pasadena security deposit interest rate for each year the Board has published one, when the money is due to the tenant, and the years we do not hold.
  • Pasadena rental registry window: September 1 through October 31 Pasadena's rental registry window runs September 1 through October 31. Registering costs $236.54 per unit per year, and the late penalty starts at 15% of the fee once the grace period is over.

California AB 1482: Tenant Protection Act (statewide)

  • AB 1482 rent increase cap in Los Angeles The statewide Tenant Protection Act cap that covers an LA rental no local ordinance reaches, the notice each size of increase takes, and the county index the cap is tied to.

The full rate table behind all of these is on the rate tables page. The free calculators that do the arithmetic are on the tools page. This year's headline figures for every jurisdiction are on the rates page. Every recurring date in one list is the annual compliance checklist.