| Extra for protected tenants |
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An extra $2,000.00 relocation fee. Applies: For households with a senior, disabled person or minor; raised each July 1 since 2018 by the Los Angeles/Riverside/Orange County CPI.
§ 4-6-9 · code textProvided further, those households that include a senior, disabled person, or a minor shall be entitled to an additional relocation fee in the amount of two thousand dollars ($2,000.00).
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| Amount |
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$6,193.00 Applies: Studio; for an eviction on any ground other than failure to pay rent, violation of a tenancy obligation, nuisance or damage, illegal use, refusal of access, an unapproved subtenant, or subsection 4-6-6M; the table amount rises each July 1 (since July 1, 2018) by the Los Angeles/Riverside/Orange County CPI, so the current figure may be higher
§ 4-6-9 · code text| Studio | $ 6,193.00 | -
$9,148.00 Applies: 1 bedroom; for an eviction on any ground other than failure to pay rent, violation of a tenancy obligation, nuisance or damage, illegal use, refusal of access, an unapproved subtenant, or subsection 4-6-6M; the table amount rises each July 1 (since July 1, 2018) by the Los Angeles/Riverside/Orange County CPI, so the current figure may be higher
§ 4-6-9 · code text| 1 bedroom | 9,148.00 | -
$12,394.00 Applies: 2 or more bedrooms; for an eviction on any ground other than failure to pay rent, violation of a tenancy obligation, nuisance or damage, illegal use, refusal of access, an unapproved subtenant, or subsection 4-6-6M; the table amount rises each July 1 (since July 1, 2018) by the Los Angeles/Riverside/Orange County CPI, so the current figure may be higher
§ 4-6-9 · code text| 2 or more bedrooms | 12,394.00 | -
Only the actual costs of relocating the tenant, up to the set maximum per unit. Applies: When the landlord provides a comparable replacement unit the tenant is satisfied with, instead of paying the fee.
§ 4-6-9 · code textthe landlord shall be liable only for the actual costs of relocating the tenant, up to the maximum as set forth in subsection E of this section per apartment unit. -
The fee amounts rise every year by the percentage increase, if any, in the Consumer Price Index. Applies: Each July 1, starting July 1, 2018.
§ 4-6-9 · code textCommencing July 1, 2018, and on July 1 of each year thereafter, the amounts of the relocation fees set forth above shall be increased annually by a percentage equal to the percentage increase, if any, of the Consumer Price Index
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| Exemptions |
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No relocation fee is required Applies: Eviction for failure to pay rent, violation of a tenancy obligation, nuisance or damage, illegal use, refusal of access, an unapproved subtenant, or the ground in subsection 4-6-6M
§ 4-6-9 · code textIf a landlord brings an action to recover the possession of an apartment unit that is subject to the provisions of this chapter for any of the reasons set forth in subsection 4-6-6A, B, C, D, F, G or M of this chapter, the landlord is not required to pay a relocation fee to the tenant residing in the unit. -
No relocation fee. Applies: When the tenant moved in after the required termination notice was given.
§ 4-6-9 · code textAny tenant whose occupancy of the apartment unit began after the date when the required notice of termination was given shall not be entitled to any relocation fee. -
The tenant loses relocation rights and must return any fee or benefit received, plus interest. Applies: When a tenant given a 30-day notice does not leave in time and a court later orders them out.
§ 4-6-9 · code textsuch tenant shall be deemed to have waived all rights to any relocation benefit to which he or she is otherwise entitled pursuant to this section and shall return to the landlord any relocation fee or other benefit so received, plus interest at the rate allowed by law. -
The tenant loses relocation rights and must return any fee or benefit received, plus interest. Applies: After the notice period, the tenant signed a stipulation for judgment, got the fee, and did not leave within 60 days.
§ 4-6-9 · code textdoes not vacate the apartment unit within sixty (60) days after such receipt, the tenant shall be deemed to have waived all rights to any relocation benefits to which he or she is otherwise entitled pursuant to this section
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| When it is paid |
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When the tenant moves out of the unit. Applies: For a tenant who vacates the unit.
§ 4-6-9 · code textThe relocation fee or pro rata share thereof shall be paid to any tenant who vacates the apartment unit at the time he or she vacates it. -
When the tenant moves out of the unit. Applies: When a demolition or condo-conversion notice is served without the payment.
§ 4-6-6 · code textIf payment of the relocation fees required by section 4-6-9 of this chapter does not accompany such notice, such notice shall also specify the amount of the relocation fees so required and that the tenant may collect such fees at the time the tenant vacates the unit. -
Released from escrow on the day the tenant moves out. Applies: When the fee is held in escrow because the tenant has not moved out and gave a notarized stipulation to judgment.
§ 4-6-9 · code textThe fee shall be released from escrow to the tenant on the day the tenant vacates the apartment unit.
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| When relocation is owed |
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When the landlord or a listed relative moves in. Applies: When the landlord seeks the unit for the landlord or the landlord's spouse, children or parents to live in.
§ 4-6-6 · code textThe landlord has provided not less than ninety (90) days' written notice of tenancy termination to the tenant -
Demolishing or moving the building, or converting units to condos, stock cooperatives or community apartments. Applies: When the landlord in good faith seeks the unit for that project.
§ 4-6-6 · code textA landlord may bring an action to recover possession of an apartment unit if the landlord seeks in good faith to recover possession so as to demolish or move the building or to convert apartment units into condominiums, stock cooperatives, or community apartments
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