CA Rent Gouging Protections Until 2/27/23

For residential units not covered under the SF Rent Ordinance nor CA rent control, there is a limit on rent increases due to the state of emergency throughout California for extreme heat wave until 2/27/23.

California Penal Code Section 396(c): It is unlawful for a contractor to sell or offer to sell for a price of more than 10 percent above the price charged by that person for those services immediately prior to the proclamation or declaration of emergency.

A greater price increase is not unlawful if that person can prove that the increase in price was directly attributable to additional costs imposed on it by the supplier of the goods, or directly attributable to additional costs for labor or materials used to provide the services, during the state of emergency or local emergency, and the price represents no more than 10 percent greater than the total of the cost to the contractor plus the markup customarily applied by the contractor for that good or service in the usual course of business immediately prior to the onset of the state of emergency or local emergency.