Changes to California’s rental laws are on the way. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed several housing bills in 2025 that will roll out ...

A new California law goes into effect that could change what every renter expects in their apartment — and it affects basic ...

Landlords in the Golden State will now be required to provide tenants with working fridges and stoves in their rental units.

California landlords will be required to provide all apartments with a working stove and refrigerator starting January 1, ...

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Some of California's new laws aim to tackle artificial intelligence, wildfire recovery assistance, immigration and consumer ...

The measure would lower California’s current rent cap from 10% to 5% annually, or 2% plus inflation, whichever is lower, and ...

California lawmakers made bold moves to reform California’s landmark environmental law and dramatically change how housing is ...

Beginning Jan. 1, California landlords will be required to provide all apartments with a working stove and refrigerator.

Voters said no to expanded rent control, but tenants facing evictions will have more time to fight to keep their homes under a new California law. To read about other new laws, go here. Stay ...

The law doubles the time tenants have to respond after receiving an eviction notice from five business days to ten. Lawyers who work with renters say that what may seem like a minor procedural change ...