Notices in Bell Gardens: the local rules

Each rule below links to the section of the Bell Gardens Municipal Code it was read from, with the code text one click away (checked October 2026). General information, not legal advice.

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What a notice must say	A notice of tenant rights under the city's rent stabilization rules. Applies: Covered units: given before or at signing, attached to the lease, again at renewal, and with every rent increase or decrease notice. § 5.62.100 · code text Landlords must provide to each tenant, prior to, or at the time of, agreeing to rent or lease a covered rental unit, a notice of tenant rights under this chapter. The tenant rights notice in English and in the language the lease was negotiated or written in. Applies: When the lease was negotiated or written in a language other than English. § 5.62.100 · code text If the rental agreement is negotiated or written in a language other than English, the landlord must also provide the form notice of tenant rights in English and the language in which the rental agreement was negotiated or written. A notice of tenant rights under the city's eviction protection rules. Applies: Given before or at signing, attached to the written lease, and again at renewal. § 5.63.070 · code text Landlords must provide to each tenant, prior to or at the time of agreeing to rent or lease a rental unit, a notice of tenant rights under this chapter. A statement that the tenant may owe pass-through costs and fees the department reviewed and approved. Applies: Must be in the rental agreement. § 5.62.100 · code text A landlord shall include language in the rental agreement that tenant may be subject to pass-through costs and fees that have been reviewed and approved by the department.

The California rule underneath

CA state law Underneath, California law still applies. Notice of a rent increase: At least 30 days' notice for an increase of 10% or less; at least 90 days for an increase of more than 10% (Civ. Code § 827(b)(2), (b)(3)(A)). Notice to end a month-to-month tenancy (landlord): 60 days' notice; 30 days if the tenant has lived there less than one year (Civ. Code § 1946.1(b), (c)).

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