Who maintains this site
NextGen Coastal Property Management (NGC). We've spent the last decade managing California rental property across Orange County and LA County. CA Landlord Laws exists because the existing online references were one of three things: paywalled by trade associations (CAA), out of date (FindLaw statute pages that hadn't been touched since AB 1482 passed), or written by attorneys whose business model is the lawsuit that follows when a landlord gets a rule wrong. None of those is the working reference an operating owner needs.
Every page is checked against current Civil Code, Code of Civil Procedure, and DRE guidance before it goes live. When laws change — AB 12 in 2024, SB 567 in 2024, AB 325 and AB 414 and AB 628 in 2026 — pages get updated inside 30 days and the "Reviewed" date moves with the update.
Credentials
- NextGen Coastal Property Management — California licensed real estate brokerage
- 10+ years managing California residential rentals
- Residential property under management across Orange County and LA County
- Direct experience with AB 1482, AB 12, SB 567, Santa Ana RSO, LA City RSO compliance
- Member, National Association of Residential Property Managers (NARPM)
- Member, California Apartment Association (CAA)
Editorial standards
The rules we write to
Every legal claim on this site anchors to a specific statute, case, or regulatory citation. Every estimate is labeled as an estimate. Every page has a "Reviewed" date and a methodology disclosure where data is involved. No paid sponsorship or affiliate placement influences content. Ever.
Citations. California Civil Code, Code of Civil Procedure, and Government Code references link to leginfo.legislature.ca.gov — the official statute repository. Case citations link to authoritative case-law databases.
Updates. Pages are reviewed inside 30 days when underlying law changes. The "Reviewed" date sits on every page and in the schema.org structured data so search engines and AI assistants pick up the current version.
Disclaimers. This site is general informational content. It is not legal advice. Specific situations need a licensed California attorney. We're property managers, not lawyers — but we work closely with several California real estate attorneys and consult them regularly on the edge cases.
Why this site is free
California's landlord-tenant statutes are too important to be paywalled behind trade associations or padded with affiliate links by content farms. CA Landlord Laws exists to be the cleanest, most-cited working reference on the subject. If it sends NGC a few property management clients along the way, that's a bonus, not the model.
Other sites in the NGC network
CA Landlord Laws is part of a small network of free landlord resources we run:
CA Landlord Laws