Does Redondo Beach Have Rent Control in 2026? (No, and Here Is What Actually Applies)

Published August 10, 2026

Redondo Beach has never adopted a rent stabilization ordinance, so there is no local rent board and no city rent registry. What governs rent increases here is the statewide Tenant Protection Act, and for the current period the Los Angeles metro cap is 8.7 percent.

No. Redondo Beach has no local rent control or rent stabilization ordinance in 2026, and the city has no rent board. Rent increases here are governed only by California's Tenant Protection Act, Civil Code section 1947.12, which caps increases on covered units at 5 percent plus regional CPI or 10 percent, whichever is less.

Last verified: August 10, 2026

Why people keep asking

The confusion is geographic. Redondo Beach sits inside Los Angeles County, and two of the loudest rent control regimes in California are close by. The City of Los Angeles has its own Rent Stabilization Ordinance. Unincorporated Los Angeles County has a separate one administered by the Department of Consumer and Business Affairs. Neither reaches into Redondo Beach. A rent stabilization ordinance follows the boundary of the government that passed it, and Redondo Beach is its own incorporated city that never passed one.

Inglewood, Bell Gardens, and Santa Monica all adopted local caps. Redondo Beach, Torrance, Manhattan Beach, Hermosa Beach, and El Segundo did not. That patchwork is why a landlord who owns four buildings across the South Bay can be under three different rulebooks at once.

What the city does instead

Redondo Beach handles landlord and tenant questions by referral rather than by regulation. The city contracts with the Housing Rights Center, reachable toll free at (800) 477-5977, for fair housing education, tenant and landlord counseling, and investigation of discrimination complaints. The city also offers free dispute resolution through Choice Mediation, arranged through the Housing Office at (310) 318-0635.

Note what is missing from that list. There is no rent registry, no petition process, no relocation fee schedule set by the city, and no local body that can order a rent rolled back. If a Redondo Beach tenant believes an increase is illegal, the remedy runs through state law and the courts, not a city agency.

The rule that does apply: Civil Code section 1947.12

The Tenant Protection Act of 2019, usually called AB 1482, limits annual rent increases on covered units to 5 percent plus the regional Consumer Price Index change, or 10 percent, whichever is lower (Cal. Civ. Code § 1947.12(a)(1)). The CPI figure is pulled each April and governs increases taking effect the following August through July.

The current number

For the Los Angeles, Long Beach, and Anaheim metro area, the April 2026 CPI change was 3.7 percent. That makes the maximum allowable increase 8.7 percent for increases taking effect between August 1, 2026 and July 31, 2027.

Two more mechanics matter. A landlord may raise rent no more than twice in any 12 month period, and the two increases combined still cannot exceed the cap. Notice runs under Civil Code section 827(b): 30 days for an increase of 10 percent or less, 90 days for anything above that.

Which units are actually covered

Plenty of Redondo Beach housing is exempt, and the exemptions are where most disputes start.

• New construction. Housing with a certificate of occupancy issued within the last 15 years is exempt (§ 1947.12(d)(4)). This rolls forward every year, so a 2012 building loses its exemption in 2027.
• Single family homes and condominiums. Exempt only if the owner is not a real estate investment trust, a corporation, or an LLC with a corporate member, and only if the required written notice of exemption was given to the tenant (§ 1947.12(d)(5)). Miss the notice language and the exemption fails.
• Owner occupied duplexes, where the owner lived in one unit from the start of the tenancy and still does.
• Certain deed restricted affordable housing, dorms, and specified shared living arrangements.

Given how much of Redondo Beach is small lot single family, townhome, and condo stock, the notice requirement is the single most common failure point we see. The exemption is real, but it is conditional on paperwork.

Just cause eviction still travels with the cap

Owners sometimes read "no rent control" as "no eviction rules." Civil Code section 1946.2 applies to the same covered units once a tenant has occupied the unit for 12 months. It sorts terminations into at fault and no fault categories, and no fault terminations such as an owner move in or a substantial remodel require relocation assistance equal to one month of rent, either as a direct payment or a waiver of the final month.

What this means for owners in practice

Redondo Beach is a light regulation city relative to its neighbors, and that is a real operating advantage. It is not an absence of rules. The practical checklist is short: know whether each unit is covered or exempt, deliver the exemption notice in the statutory language if you are relying on it, keep increases inside the current cap, count increases per 12 month window rather than per notice, and serve the right notice period.

One adjacent rule worth flagging: security deposits are capped at one month's rent for most landlords under Civil Code section 1950.5, with a narrow two month allowance for small owners of no more than two properties totaling four units.

Frequently asked questions

Could Redondo Beach adopt rent control later?

It could. Any California city can adopt a rent stabilization ordinance within the limits of the Costa Hawkins Rental Housing Act, which bars local caps on single family homes, condominiums, and units first occupied after February 1, 1995, and guarantees vacancy decontrol. As of this writing there is no active rent stabilization proposal before the Redondo Beach City Council.

Did the state cap change in 2026?

No. AB 1157, the proposal that would have cut the formula to 2 percent plus inflation and stripped the single family exemption, failed in the Assembly Judiciary Committee on February 2, 2026, its second consecutive year stalling. The section 1947.12 formula is unchanged and currently sunsets January 1, 2030.

My Redondo Beach rent went up 12 percent. Is that illegal?

Only if the unit is covered. If it is a covered unit, 12 percent exceeds the 8.7 percent ceiling and also exceeds the 10 percent statutory maximum. If it is an exempt single family home with a valid written exemption notice on file, there is no percentage limit and only the notice period applies. The answer turns entirely on coverage, so start there.

Who enforces AB 1482 in Redondo Beach?

Nobody at the city level. There is no local rent board. Enforcement is private, through the Housing Rights Center for counseling, legal aid, or civil court. Under section 1947.12, rent charged above the cap is void as to the excess and the lawful rent reverts to the permitted amount.

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Schofield Property Management is a licensed California real estate brokerage serving the South Bay. This article is general information about publicly available law, not legal advice, and it does not create an attorney client or agency relationship. Rent regulation changes, exemption status is fact specific, and CPI figures update annually. Consult a qualified California attorney about your specific property or tenancy before acting.

Topics: Redondo Beach, rent control, AB 1482, Tenant Protection Act, South Bay, California landlord law, rent increases, property management

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