Welcome to Costa-Hawkins.com, an online resource for information about California state law and municipal ordinances affecting residential rent and eviction control. Costa-Hawkins.com is meant to be a source for general information and is not intended to provide legal advice. It is not affiliated with a governmental agency.

Use the navigation bar above to browse resources or read Surreal Estate – the Costa-Hawkins.com blog – for legislative updates, thoughts on recent appellate decisions affecting rent control in California and general answers to readers’ questions.

If you would like an answer to a general question, send an email to Questions@Costa-Hawkins.com. We will try to send you a response as soon as possible, and your question may even appear on the Q&A section of the Surreal Estate blog!