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AB 1482 rent increase cap in Los Angeles

A Los Angeles rental that no local rent ordinance reaches is capped at 8.7% for the rent year that starts August 1, and the statute puts a ceiling of 10% over whatever the index does. The increase takes 30 days of written notice, or 90 days once it is large enough to cross the statutory line.

Source: BLS CPI-U series CUURS49ASA0: Los Angeles–Long Beach–Anaheim (recomputed from the raw series) Verified August 9, 2026

California AB 1482: Tenant Protection Act (statewide). Table version 2026.08.09. Confirm anything with California Civil Code §§1946.2 and 1947.12.

The figures behind this

Annual cap: Los Angeles and Orange Counties 8.7%

Applies August 1, 2026 through July 31, 2027

Civil Code §1947.12(a)(1): 5% plus the percentage change in the cost of living, or 10%, whichever is lower, measured against the lowest gross rent charged in the previous 12 months. The index is fixed by §1947.12(g)(1)(A)(i), the CPI-U for the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metropolitan area, which covers the Counties of Los Angeles and Orange and no others. For an increase taking effect on or after August 1, §1947.12(g)(3)(B)(ii) uses April of that year against April of the year before, rounded to the nearest tenth. We recomputed it from the BLS series itself: April 2025 = 342.565 to April 2026 = 355.166 is +3.678%, which rounds to 3.7%. 5% + 3.7% = 8.7%, below the 10% ceiling. No government page publishes the finished percentage, which is why so many sites still show last year's number.

Source: BLS CPI-U series CUURS49ASA0: Los Angeles–Long Beach–Anaheim (recomputed from the raw series) Verified August 9, 2026

Statutory ceiling 10%

Civil Code §1947.12(a)(1): 5% plus CPI "or 10 percent, whichever is lower". The cap can never exceed 10%, whatever CPI does.

Source: California Civil Code §1947.12 (Tenant Protection Act rent cap) Verified August 9, 2026

Prior year cap: Los Angeles and Orange Counties 8%

Applies August 1, 2025 through July 31, 2026

Same series, one year back: April 2024 = 332.572 to April 2025 = 342.565 is +3.004%, rounding to 3.0%; 5% + 3.0% = 8.0%.

Source: BLS CPI-U series CUURS49ASA0: Los Angeles–Long Beach–Anaheim (recomputed from the raw series) Verified August 9, 2026

Written notice required: increase of 10% or less in 12 months 30 days

Civil Code §827(b)(2), which §1947.12(e) points at for any increase under the state cap. This is the statewide floor and it applies whether or not a rent cap does.

Source: California Civil Code §827 (notice of a change in rent) Verified August 9, 2026

Written notice required: increase over 10% in 12 months 90 days

Civil Code §827(b)(3)(A). The 12 months are counted back from the effective date of the increase. Under the state cap this tier is unreachable: the cap itself never exceeds 10%.

Source: California Civil Code §827 (notice of a change in rent) Verified August 9, 2026

Extra days when the notice is served by mail 5 days

Code of Civil Procedure §1013(a) adds five calendar days to the notice period when the notice is served by mail, where the place of address and the place of mailing are both in California. §827(b)(1)(B) and (b)(2) point at §1013 by name. Post it 30 days out and it is late.

Source: California Code of Civil Procedure §1013 (service by mail) Verified August 9, 2026

Exemption disclosure in the rental agreement Required, in the exact statutory words

Civil Code §1946.2(e)(8)(B)(i) and §1947.12(d)(5)(B)(i) set out one identical mandatory statement: "This property is not subject to the rent limits imposed by Section 1947.12 of the Civil Code and is not subject to the just cause requirements of Section 1946.2 of the Civil Code. This property meets the requirements of Sections 1947.12 (d)(5) and 1946.2 (e)(8) of the Civil Code and the owner is not any of the following: (1) a real estate investment trust…; (2) a corporation; or (3) a limited liability company in which at least one member is a corporation." Under §1946.2(e)(8)(B)(iii) and §1947.12(d)(5)(B)(iii) it must be in the rental agreement for any tenancy commenced or renewed on or after July 1, 2020 (July 1, 2022 for a tenancy in a mobilehome). Without it, the exemption is not available and both the cap and the just-cause rules apply.

Source: California Civil Code §1946.2 (just cause and exemptions) Verified August 9, 2026

What to do

What we do not hold

  • The 8.7% is the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim CPI-U, which Civil Code §1947.12(g)(1)(A)(i) assigns to Los Angeles and Orange Counties only. A property in Riverside or San Bernardino County is on its own index under §1947.12(g)(1)(A)(ii) and gets a different number. Do not carry this one across the county line.
  • Both halves of the Tenant Protection Act are dated: Civil Code §1947.12 and §1946.2 are each repealed as of January 1, 2030 by their own terms. Nothing changes before then unless the Legislature acts, but the cap is not permanent law.

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Last reviewed August 9, 2026 · sources are linked beside every figure on this page, and listed in full on the AB 1482 table.