Rent increases in Santa Paula: the local rules

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

What Santa Paula's code says

Santa Paula code What Santa Paula's code adds
Annual increase limit	75% of the CPI increase. Applies: The annual CPI adjustment of mobile home park rents. § 152.07 · code text On February 1 of each year, the rent may be increased to an amount equal to the rent in effect on January 31 of the prior year adjusted by 75% of the increase in the CPI.
Floor or ceiling on the increase	No more than 7% of existing rent. Applies: Only mobile home park spaces; caps the annual CPI increase each February 1. § 152.07 · code text However, the increase shall not exceed seven percent of existing rent.
Units covered	Mobile home park spaces covered by the initiative; exempt spaces are excluded. § 152.08 · code text Gross income and operating expenses shall be adjusted to reflect the portion of the mobile home park that is subject to the initiative. Net income from spaces that are exempted from the initiative shall not be considered.
How often rent can go up	The annual CPI increase is allowed each February 1. Applies: Only mobile home park spaces. No increase if the CPI falls. § 152.07 · code text On February 1 of each year, the rent may be increased to an amount equal to the rent in effect on January 31 of the prior year adjusted by 75% of the increase in the CPI. A banked CPI increase must be used within 12 months after it was allowed. Applies: Only mobile home park spaces, for banked CPI increases. The maximum increase limit still applies. § 152.07 · code text Across-the-board rent increases allowed pursuant to this section may be accumulated and implemented by the owner at any future time but not in excess of 12 months after the date so permitted and subject to the maximum limitation on increases set forth in § 152.10.
Petitions and pass-throughs	A capital improvement increase, spread over the improvement's useful life and split equally among all spaces in the park. Applies: Only mobile home park spaces. The owner applies to the rent administrator after the work is complete. The increase lasts only for the useful life. § 152.07 · code text Any increase granted shall be amortized over the useful life of the improvement and apportioned equally among all rental spaces in the mobile home park. An extra increase needed for a just and reasonable return and to maintain net operating income. Applies: Only mobile home park spaces, when the owner asks the Commission for more than the regular increases the ordinance allows. § 152.08 · code text A park owner may seek a rent increase in addition to those permitted by § 152.07 on the ground that it is required to permit a just and reasonable return and maintain net operating income (NOI) in accordance with the following criteria:

Also in Santa Paula's code: Mobile Homes and Mobile Home Parks (§§ 152.06–152.08). This page does not summarize it yet.

The California rule underneath

Where Santa Paula's rule above does not cover a situation, state law still applies. For the statewide rule on its own, see California's statewide rent cap.

CA state law The statewide rule underneath
Rent cap right now	8.6% for increases taking effect August 1, 2026 through July 31, 2027 (5% plus 3.6% inflation) Applies: Covered units only. Inflation is the California consumer price index (Department of Industrial Relations), used for counties outside the four metro areas, April to April, as the statute requires; the figure is recomputed every year. Civ. Code § 1947.12(a)(1), (g)
Statewide rent increase cap (AB 1482)	5% plus the change in cost of living, or 10%, whichever is lower, over any 12 months Applies: Covered units only; measured against the lowest rent charged in the prior 12 months. Civ. Code § 1947.12(a)(1)
Number of rent increases	No more than two increases in any 12-month period Civ. Code § 1947.12(a)(2)
Rent cap — new construction exemption	Housing with a certificate of occupancy issued within the previous 15 years is exempt (rolling) Applies: Mobilehomes excepted. Civ. Code § 1947.12(d)(4)
Rent cap — single-family home or condo exemption	A home or condo that can be sold on its own is exempt when the owner is not a REIT, a corporation or an LLC with a corporate member, and the tenant was given the written exemption notice Applies: The same exemption applies to the just-cause rule (§ 1946.2(e)(8)). Civ. Code § 1947.12(d)(5)
Rent cap — owner-occupied duplex exemption	A duplex in one building is exempt when the owner lived in the other unit at the start of the tenancy and still does, unless either unit is an ADU or JADU Civ. Code § 1947.12(d)(6)
New tenancy resets the rent	When no prior tenant remains, the owner may set the initial rent; the cap applies to later increases Civ. Code § 1947.12(b)
Rent cap sunset	§ 1947.12 is repealed on January 1, 2030 unless extended Civ. Code § 1947.12(o)

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How much can rent go up in Santa Paula?

City rule for mobile home park spaces only: increases are limited to 75% of the CPI increase, at most 7% of existing rent.

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Rent increases in Santa Paula

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