(1) Existing law regulates the terms and conditions of residential tenancies. Existing law, the Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act, prescribes statewide limits on the application of local rent control with regard to certain properties, including those that have a certificate of occupancy issued after February 1, 1995. Existing law requires a local ordinance or charter controlling residential rent prices that requires registration of rents to provide for the certification of permissible rent levels and prescribes a process in this regard, including a requirement that, upon the request, a local agency provide a landlord and a tenant with a certificate reflecting the permissible rent levels of the rental unit. Existing law provides that the permissible rent levels reflected in the certificate are, in the absence of intentional misrepresentation or fraud, binding and conclusive upon the local agency unless the determination of the permissible rent levels is appealed.
California SB 775 (20152016) — Tenancy: rent control: certification.
(1) Existing law regulates the terms and conditions of residential tenancies. Existing law, the Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act, prescribes statewide limits on the application of local rent control with regard to certain properties, including those that have a certificate of occupancy issued after February 1, 1995. Existing law requires a local ordinance or charter controlling residential rent prices that requires registration of rents to provide for the certification of permissible rent levels and prescribes a process in this regard, including a requirement that, upon the request, a local agency provide a landlord and a tenant with a certificate reflecting the permissible rent levels of the rental unit. Existing law provides that the permissible rent levels reflected in the certificate are, in the absence of intentional misrepresentation or fraud, binding and conclusive upon the local agency unless the determination of the permissible rent levels is appealed.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
SB 775 Allen Senate Third Reading By BLOOM — 75–0 (pass) · lower
Unfinished Business SB775 Allen Concurrence — 38–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Allen — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2015-02-27 Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction
2015-03-02 From printer. May be acted upon on or after April 1.
2015-03-02 Read first time. reading-1
2015-03-19 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
2015-04-23 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
2015-04-27 Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2015-05-01 Set for hearing May 12.
2015-05-13 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 984.) (May 12). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2015-05-14 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2015-05-20 Ordered to special consent calendar.
2015-05-22 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1075.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2015-05-22 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2015-06-11 Referred to Com. on H. & C.D. referral-committee
2015-07-01 July 1 hearing postponed by committee.
2015-07-08 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
2015-07-15 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2015-08-19 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 19). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2015-08-20 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2015-08-24 From consent calendar on motion of Assembly Member Cristina Garcia.
2015-08-24 Ordered to third reading.
2015-09-04 Ordered to inactive file on request of Assembly Member Holden.
2016-05-19 Notice of intention to remove from inactive file given by Assembly Member Calderon.
2016-05-23 From inactive file.
2016-05-23 Ordered to third reading.
2016-06-16 Read third time and amended. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
2016-06-16 Ordered to third reading.
2016-06-27 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 5515.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2016-06-27 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2016-06-30 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 4637.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2016-07-13 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2016-07-22 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2016-07-22 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 83, Statutes of 2016.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7f0d51dc-e34a-478c-9a0f-9a85758bae16. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).