City of San Diego
The following is a brief overview of the tenant protections available in this city. For more details please refer to the ordinance itself and any other resourced linked below.
Overview
What tenant protections does the city have?
Just Cause for Evictions
Who enforces the tenant protections?
Richmond Rent Board
Questions about a notice of rent increase, termination of tenancy, or change in terms of tenancy? Please call (510) 234-RENT (7368) or visit the Rent Program Office, located on the second floor of 440 Civic Center Plaza, Richmond, CA 94804, to speak with a Rent Program Services Analyst.
Questions may also be submitted via email to [email protected].
When were these protections adopted and most recently updated?
Adopted: 2004
Updated: 2023
Rent Stabilization
Exemptions
How much can rent be increased and how often?
Is banking allowed?
Are passthroughs or additional costs allowed (pets, utilities, parking, etc)?
Eviction Protections
Exemptions
Single family homes and condos
Units built within the last 15 years
Duplex where the owner occupies one of the units as their principal place of residence
Single-family residence occupied by the landlord as the landlord’s principal place of residence
Residential rental property in which the tenant shares bathroom or kitchen facilities with the landlord who maintains their principal residence at the property
Certain deed restricted units and other affordable housing subject to an agreement with a government agency
Mobile homes
Under what circumstances is the landlord obligated to pay relocation assistance to tenant?
All no-fault just cause evictions in covered units.