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LA County rent increase limits
In unincorporated Los Angeles County the annual increase is 1.919% for a general unit, and 2.919% if you have filed the county's small property landlord self-certification. The notice takes 30 days in writing, and the caps move on July 1.
Source: DCBA Rent Stabilization Bulletin: Annual Allowable Rent Increase (rev. 3/2/2026) Verified August 9, 2026
The figures behind this
Applies July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027
60% of CPI for the 12 months ending September, capped at 3%.
Source: DCBA Rent Stabilization Bulletin: Annual Allowable Rent Increase (rev. 3/2/2026) Verified August 9, 2026
Applies July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027
The general cap plus 1%. You only get it if you file the county's small-property-landlord self-certification. Most owners who qualify never file it.
Source: DCBA Rent Stabilization Bulletin: Annual Allowable Rent Increase (rev. 3/2/2026) Verified August 9, 2026
Applies July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027
The general cap plus 2%.
Source: DCBA Rent Stabilization Bulletin: Annual Allowable Rent Increase (rev. 3/2/2026) Verified August 9, 2026
Applies July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027
Source: DCBA Rent Stabilization Program Verified August 9, 2026
§8.52.050.A: an increase may be imposed only after at least thirty days' written notice to the tenant, given pursuant to California Civil Code §827.
Source: LA County Code §8.52.050: Permitted Rent Increases for Fully Covered Rental Units (Municode) Verified August 9, 2026
The county's notice is given pursuant to Civil Code §827, and §827(b) makes that notice "subject to Section 1013 of the Code of Civil Procedure if served by mail", which adds five calendar days. Post it thirty days out and it is late.
Source: California Code of Civil Procedure §1013 (service by mail) Verified August 9, 2026
§8.52.050.F.
Source: LA County Code §8.52.050: Permitted Rent Increases for Fully Covered Rental Units (Municode) Verified August 9, 2026
§8.52.050.J: an annual increase you do not take (or the unused part of one) is waived for the remainder of the tenancy. A year you skip is gone, not saved up.
Source: LA County Code §8.52.050: Permitted Rent Increases for Fully Covered Rental Units (Municode) Verified August 9, 2026
What to do
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July 1
New LA County annual increase caps take effect
DCBA publishes the caps for the year running July 1 to June 30: general, small-property-landlord, luxury and mobile home space.
DCBA Rent Stabilization Program
Source: DCBA Rent Stabilization Program Verified August 9, 2026
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September 30
Small property landlord self-certification: file before you use the extra 1%
The +1% (2.919% instead of 1.919%) only applies if you have self-certified as a small property landlord with DCBA, under penalty of perjury, and said so in the rent-increase notice. It is an annual certification, and DCBA's form tells you to file it with your annual registration.
On a $2,500 rent that extra 1% is about $300 a year per unit that you are otherwise not allowed to collect.
About this date: DCBA publishes no separate due date for the self-certification. Its form says to provide a copy when you submit the annual registration for the property, so we place the reminder on the September 30 registration deadline. If you plan to use the higher cap before then, file it first.
Small Property Landlord Self-Certification form
Source: DCBA Small Property Landlord Self-Certification Form (rev. 11/21/2024) Verified August 9, 2026
What we do not hold
- Our coverage test reads the certificate-of-occupancy date off the year the building was built, because that is the fact an owner and the assessor's file both hold. The two usually agree and the ordinance's test is the permit, not the construction. A building put up either side of February 1, 1995 should have its certificate of occupancy checked before anyone relies on which side of the line it falls.
- DCBA does not publish a standalone due date for the small-property-landlord self-certification. Its form directs you to file it with the annual registration, so our reminder sits on the September 30 registration deadline and the calendar entry says so.
Put in the rent and it returns the ceiling, the notice period and the source for both.
Free. No account, no card.
Want a note before July 1?
We email you 30 days before for your building, with the figure and the document it came from.
We do not sell or share your address, and we report nothing to any agency.