Notices in Gardena: the local rules

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

What Gardena's code says

Gardena code What Gardena's code adds
Filing a copy with the city	Yes; the landlord must file a declaration with the city attorney giving the reasons with specific facts. Applies: Evictions for illegal drug dealing or a drug-related nuisance. § 14.16.020 · code text When the termination of tenancy is for any ground set forth in Section 14.16.010, the landlord shall file with the city attorney a declaration in a form prescribed by him setting forth the reasons for the termination with specific facts
Notice of a rent increase	At least 30 days. Applies: Increases of 10% or less of the rent charged in the prior 12 months. § 14.04.090 · code text An owner shall provide written notice to tenants of an increase of ten percent or less of the rent charged during the twelve months prior to the effective date of the increase at least thirty days prior to the effective date of the increase. At least 90 days. Applies: Increases of more than 10% of the rent charged in the prior 12 months. § 14.04.090 · code text If the proposed rent increase is greater than the amount described in subsection A of this section, the owner shall provide written notice of the increase to tenants at least ninety days prior to the effective date of the increase. At least 90 days. Applies: Any rent increase in a mobile home park. § 14.04.090 · code text Notwithstanding subsection A or B of this section, mobile home park management shall provide homeowners written notice of any rent increase at least ninety days prior to the effective date of the increase.
What a notice must say	Right to mediation or hearing; petition deadline is 10 business days after service, or 25 for mobile home owners. Applies: Increases over 5% of the rent charged in the prior 12 months. § 14.04.090 · code text Notice of any rent increase exceeding five percent of the rent charged during the twelve months prior to the effective date of the increase shall include a notice to the tenant, including a mobile home homeowner, of the right to mediation/hearing and that the tenant has ten business days following service of the notice, or twenty-five business days for a mobile home homeowner, to file a mediation petition Right to mediation or hearing, and 25 business days after service to file a mediation petition. Applies: Any rent increase to a mobile home owner in a park, except increases under half the CPI increase. § 14.04.090 · code text Notice of any rent increase to a mobile home homeowner in a mobile home park shall include a notice to the mobile home homeowner of the right to mediation/hearing and that the mobile home homeowner has twenty-five business days following service The reason for the eviction. Applies: The written termination notice served on the tenant under state law. § 14.16.020 · code text The landlord shall state the reason for the eviction in the written notice of termination served on the tenant pursuant to California Civil Code Section 1946.

The California rule underneath

Where Gardena's rule above does not cover a situation, state law still applies.

CA state law The statewide rule underneath
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% Applies: The 10% is measured against the rent charged at any time in the 12 months before the increase, counting all increases in that period together. 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 Applies: Where the unit is covered by just cause (Civ. Code § 1946.2) or a local ordinance, the notice must also state a qualifying cause. Civ. Code § 1946.1(b), (c)
Notice to end a month-to-month tenancy (tenant)	At least as long as the rental period (one month for a month-to-month tenancy) Civ. Code § 1946.1(b)
30-day notice when the unit is sold to an owner-occupant	30 days' notice when a separately sellable unit is in escrow to a natural person who will live there for at least a year Applies: Notice within 120 days of opening escrow, given once, and all § 1946.1(d) conditions met. Civ. Code § 1946.1(d)
Notice to pay rent or quit	3 days, not counting Saturdays, Sundays and judicial holidays, stating the amount due and how to pay Applies: May be served any time within one year after the rent became due. Code Civ. Proc. § 1161(2)
Notice to cure a lease violation or quit	3 days, not counting Saturdays, Sundays and judicial holidays, to perform the broken lease term or leave Code Civ. Proc. § 1161(3)
No fee for serving notices	A landlord may not charge the tenant a fee for serving or posting a notice Civ. Code § 1946.1(i)

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City rule: increases over 5% of the prior 12 months' rent must include notice of the right to mediation or a hearing.

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