California's New Tenant Protection Act

Just Cause Protections Extended to all Tenants until June 30, 2021 Due to COVID-19

The Tenant Protection Act (AB 1482) was signed into law by the Governor on October 13th, 2019 to prevent rent-gouging and unfair evictions. AB 1482 provides for an annual statewide rent cap of 5% + CPI, just cause eviction protections, and relocation assistance for just cause no-fault evictions. The changes in AB 1482 are some of the broadest sweeping changes in statewide tenant policy in years, but it will require renters and advocates to take action to enforce these new rights. Note that not all tenants are covered by this new act.

Tenants Together created this AB 1482 Tenant Advocacy Toolkit to provide basic information on the new law, as well as some sample letters for tenants looking to enforce their rights under this new law. NOTE: this toolkit HAS NOT BEEN UPDATED to reflect changes in the law made in the Tenant Relief Act of 2020 and SB 91, which extend Just Cause Protections to ALL tenants until June 30, 2021.