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Chapter XV — RENT STABILIZATION ORDINANCE

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Los Angeles Rent Stabilization & Housing — LAMC Chapters XV-XVI · 2026-08 edition · updated 2026-09-09 · Los Angeles

RENT STABILIZATION ORDINANCE

Section

151.00 Title.

  • 151.01 Declaration of Purpose.

  • 151.02 Definitions.

  • 151.03 The Rent Adjustment Commission.

  • 151.04 Restriction on Rents.

  • 151.05 Registration, Notification of Tenants, Posting of Notice and Payment of Fees.

  • 151.05.1 Passthrough of Surcharge for the Systematic Code Enforcement Fee.

  • 151.06 Automatic Adjustments.

151.06.02 Payment of Interest on Security Deposits.

151.06.1 Smoke Detectors.

  • 151.06.2 Surcharge for Water Conservation Assessment.

  • 151.07 Authority of the Department and the Commission to Grant Individual Rent Adjustments.

  • 151.08 Authority of Commission to Regulate by Class.

  • 151.09 Evictions.

  • 151.10 Remedies.

  • 151.11 Refusal of a Tenant to Pay.

  • 151.12 Operative Date.

  • 151.13 Minor Errors in Payment.

  • 151.14 Filing of Application for Rent Adjustments, Requests for Hearing, and Appeals.

  • 151.15 Penalties for Late Registration and for Failure to Post Notice That Property Is Subject to the Rent Stabilization Ordinance.

  • 151.16 Research Services.

  • 151.18 Additional Services Contracts.

  • 151.19 Review of Ordinance.

  • 151.20 Temporary Eviction Controls and Rent Reductions for Mobile Homes Damaged in the January, 1994 Earthquake.

  • 151.21 Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita Temporary Relief Program.

  • 151.22 Ellis Act Provisions - Statement of Purpose and Effect.

  • 151.23 Ellis Act Provisions - Required Notice.

  • 151.24 Ellis Act Provisions - Notification to Department of Intent to Re-Rent Unit.

  • 151.25 Ellis Act Provisions - Civil Penalties for Offering Units for Rent Within Two Years of Withdrawal.

  • 151.26 Ellis Act Provisions - Regulation of Property on Re-Offer for Rent or Lease after Withdrawal.

  • 151.27 Ellis Act Provisions - Re-Rental Rights of Displaced Tenants.

  • 151.28 Ellis Act Provisions - Rental of Replacement Units.

  • 151.29 Regulation of Leases in Mobilehome Parks.

  • 151.30 Evictions for Owner, Family, or Resident Manager Occupancy.

  • 151.31 Tenant Buyout Notification Program.

  • 151.32 Prohibition on Rent Increases.

  • 151.33 Tenant Anti-Harassment.

  • 151.34 Temporary Setting of Automatic Rent Adjustments at Four Percent (4%).

  • 151.35 Severability.

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Contents — Los Angeles Rent Stabilization & Housing — LAMC Chapters XV-XVI
Los Angeles Rent Stabilization & Housing — LAMC Chapters XV-XVI
  1. Chapter XV
  2. Chapter XV — RENT STABILIZATION ORDINANCE
  3. Chapter XVI
  4. Chapter XVI — HOUSING REGULATIONS
  5. Division 1
  6. Division 2
  7. Division 3
  8. Division 3.5
  9. Division 4
  10. Division 5
  11. Division 6
  12. Division 7
  13. Division 8
  14. Division 9
  15. Division 10
  16. Division 12

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