Amended IN Senate March 24, 2025 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20252026 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 709Introduced by Senator Menjivar(Coauthor: Assembly Member Schultz)February 21, 2025 An act to add Section 21715.2 to the Business and Professions Code, relating to business. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 709, as amended, Menjivar. Self-service storage facilities: rental agreements. rates.Existing law, the California Self-Service Storage Facility Act, establishes procedures governing the operation of self-service storage facilities, including specifying remedies for facility owners when occupants are delinquent in paying rent or other charges. This bill would require each rental agreement pursuant to the act to limit rental increases to no more frequently than once every 3 months and to an amount not to exceed ____% per calendar year. This bill would prohibit the owner of a self-storage facility from increasing the gross rental rate for a storage unit by more than the lower of 5% plus the percentage change in the cost of living, or 10%, over the course of any 12-month period, as specified, and would define various terms for that purpose. The bill would require the gross per-month rental rate and any owner-offered discounts, incentives, concessions, or credits to be separately listed and identified in the lease or rental agreement or any amendments to an existing lease or rental agreement.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 21715.2 is added to the Business and Professions Code, to read:21715.2. (a) The owner of a self-storage facility shall not, over the course of any 12-month period, increase the gross rental rate for a storage unit more than 5 percent plus the percentage change in the cost of living, or 10 percent, whichever is lower, of the lowest gross rental rate charged for that storage unit at any time during the 12 months prior to the effective date of the increase. In determining the lowest gross rental amount pursuant to this section, any rent discounts, incentives, concessions, or credits offered by the owner of such unit of residential real property and accepted by the tenant shall be excluded. The gross per-month rental rate and any owner-offered discounts, incentives, concessions, or credits shall be separately listed and identified in the lease or rental agreement or any amendments to an existing rental agreement.(b) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:(1) Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers for All Items means the following:(A) The Consumer Price Index for all Items (CPI-U) for the metropolitan area in which the property is located, as published by the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics, which are as follows:(i) The CPI-U for the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metropolitan area covering the Counties of Los Angeles and Orange.(ii) The CPI-U for the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario metropolitan area covering the Counties of Riverside and San Bernardino.(iii) The CPI-U for the San Diego-Carlsbad metropolitan area covering the County of San Diego.(iv) The CPI-U for the San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward metropolitan area covering the Counties of Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Francisco, and San Mateo.(v) Any successor metropolitan area index to any of the indexes listed in clauses (i) to (iv), inclusive.(B) If the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics does not publish a CPI-U for the metropolitan area in which the property is located, the California Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers for All Items as published by the Department of Industrial Relations.(2) (A) Percentage change in the cost of living means the percentage change in the applicable CPI-U, as described in paragraph (1), computed pursuant to subparagraph (B).(B) (i) For rent increases that take effect before August 1 of any calendar year, the following apply:(I) The percentage change shall be the percentage change in the amount published for April of the immediately preceding calendar year and April of the year before that.(II) If there is not an amount published in April for the applicable geographic area, the percentage change shall be the percentage change in the amount published for March of the immediately preceding calendar year and March of the year before that.(ii) For rent increases that take effect on or after August 1 of any calendar year, the following shall apply:(I) The percentage change shall be the percentage change in the amount published for April of that calendar year and April of the immediately preceding calendar year.(II) If there is not an amount published in April for the applicable geographic area, the percentage change shall be the percentage change in the amount published for March of that calendar year and March of the immediately preceding calendar year.(iii) The percentage change shall be rounded to the nearest one-tenth of 1 percent.SECTION 1.Section 21715.2 is added to the Business and Professions Code, to read:21715.2.Each rental agreement pursuant to this chapter shall limit rental increases to both:(a)No more frequently than once every three months.(b)An amount not to exceed ____ percent per calendar year.
Amended IN Senate March 24, 2025 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20252026 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 709Introduced by Senator Menjivar(Coauthor: Assembly Member Schultz)February 21, 2025 An act to add Section 21715.2 to the Business and Professions Code, relating to business. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 709, as amended, Menjivar. Self-service storage facilities: rental agreements. rates.Existing law, the California Self-Service Storage Facility Act, establishes procedures governing the operation of self-service storage facilities, including specifying remedies for facility owners when occupants are delinquent in paying rent or other charges. This bill would require each rental agreement pursuant to the act to limit rental increases to no more frequently than once every 3 months and to an amount not to exceed ____% per calendar year. This bill would prohibit the owner of a self-storage facility from increasing the gross rental rate for a storage unit by more than the lower of 5% plus the percentage change in the cost of living, or 10%, over the course of any 12-month period, as specified, and would define various terms for that purpose. The bill would require the gross per-month rental rate and any owner-offered discounts, incentives, concessions, or credits to be separately listed and identified in the lease or rental agreement or any amendments to an existing lease or rental agreement.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO
Amended IN Senate March 24, 2025
Amended IN Senate March 24, 2025
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20252026 REGULAR SESSION
Senate Bill
No. 709
Introduced by Senator Menjivar(Coauthor: Assembly Member Schultz)February 21, 2025
Introduced by Senator Menjivar(Coauthor: Assembly Member Schultz)
February 21, 2025
An act to add Section 21715.2 to the Business and Professions Code, relating to business.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 709, as amended, Menjivar. Self-service storage facilities: rental agreements. rates.
Existing law, the California Self-Service Storage Facility Act, establishes procedures governing the operation of self-service storage facilities, including specifying remedies for facility owners when occupants are delinquent in paying rent or other charges. This bill would require each rental agreement pursuant to the act to limit rental increases to no more frequently than once every 3 months and to an amount not to exceed ____% per calendar year. This bill would prohibit the owner of a self-storage facility from increasing the gross rental rate for a storage unit by more than the lower of 5% plus the percentage change in the cost of living, or 10%, over the course of any 12-month period, as specified, and would define various terms for that purpose. The bill would require the gross per-month rental rate and any owner-offered discounts, incentives, concessions, or credits to be separately listed and identified in the lease or rental agreement or any amendments to an existing lease or rental agreement.
Existing law, the California Self-Service Storage Facility Act, establishes procedures governing the operation of self-service storage facilities, including specifying remedies for facility owners when occupants are delinquent in paying rent or other charges.
This bill would require each rental agreement pursuant to the act to limit rental increases to no more frequently than once every 3 months and to an amount not to exceed ____% per calendar year.
This bill would prohibit the owner of a self-storage facility from increasing the gross rental rate for a storage unit by more than the lower of 5% plus the percentage change in the cost of living, or 10%, over the course of any 12-month period, as specified, and would define various terms for that purpose. The bill would require the gross per-month rental rate and any owner-offered discounts, incentives, concessions, or credits to be separately listed and identified in the lease or rental agreement or any amendments to an existing lease or rental agreement.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 21715.2 is added to the Business and Professions Code, to read:21715.2. (a) The owner of a self-storage facility shall not, over the course of any 12-month period, increase the gross rental rate for a storage unit more than 5 percent plus the percentage change in the cost of living, or 10 percent, whichever is lower, of the lowest gross rental rate charged for that storage unit at any time during the 12 months prior to the effective date of the increase. In determining the lowest gross rental amount pursuant to this section, any rent discounts, incentives, concessions, or credits offered by the owner of such unit of residential real property and accepted by the tenant shall be excluded. The gross per-month rental rate and any owner-offered discounts, incentives, concessions, or credits shall be separately listed and identified in the lease or rental agreement or any amendments to an existing rental agreement.(b) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:(1) Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers for All Items means the following:(A) The Consumer Price Index for all Items (CPI-U) for the metropolitan area in which the property is located, as published by the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics, which are as follows:(i) The CPI-U for the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metropolitan area covering the Counties of Los Angeles and Orange.(ii) The CPI-U for the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario metropolitan area covering the Counties of Riverside and San Bernardino.(iii) The CPI-U for the San Diego-Carlsbad metropolitan area covering the County of San Diego.(iv) The CPI-U for the San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward metropolitan area covering the Counties of Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Francisco, and San Mateo.(v) Any successor metropolitan area index to any of the indexes listed in clauses (i) to (iv), inclusive.(B) If the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics does not publish a CPI-U for the metropolitan area in which the property is located, the California Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers for All Items as published by the Department of Industrial Relations.(2) (A) Percentage change in the cost of living means the percentage change in the applicable CPI-U, as described in paragraph (1), computed pursuant to subparagraph (B).(B) (i) For rent increases that take effect before August 1 of any calendar year, the following apply:(I) The percentage change shall be the percentage change in the amount published for April of the immediately preceding calendar year and April of the year before that.(II) If there is not an amount published in April for the applicable geographic area, the percentage change shall be the percentage change in the amount published for March of the immediately preceding calendar year and March of the year before that.(ii) For rent increases that take effect on or after August 1 of any calendar year, the following shall apply:(I) The percentage change shall be the percentage change in the amount published for April of that calendar year and April of the immediately preceding calendar year.(II) If there is not an amount published in April for the applicable geographic area, the percentage change shall be the percentage change in the amount published for March of that calendar year and March of the immediately preceding calendar year.(iii) The percentage change shall be rounded to the nearest one-tenth of 1 percent.SECTION 1.Section 21715.2 is added to the Business and Professions Code, to read:21715.2.Each rental agreement pursuant to this chapter shall limit rental increases to both:(a)No more frequently than once every three months.(b)An amount not to exceed ____ percent per calendar year.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 21715.2 is added to the Business and Professions Code, to read:21715.2. (a) The owner of a self-storage facility shall not, over the course of any 12-month period, increase the gross rental rate for a storage unit more than 5 percent plus the percentage change in the cost of living, or 10 percent, whichever is lower, of the lowest gross rental rate charged for that storage unit at any time during the 12 months prior to the effective date of the increase. In determining the lowest gross rental amount pursuant to this section, any rent discounts, incentives, concessions, or credits offered by the owner of such unit of residential real property and accepted by the tenant shall be excluded. The gross per-month rental rate and any owner-offered discounts, incentives, concessions, or credits shall be separately listed and identified in the lease or rental agreement or any amendments to an existing rental agreement.(b) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:(1) Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers for All Items means the following:(A) The Consumer Price Index for all Items (CPI-U) for the metropolitan area in which the property is located, as published by the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics, which are as follows:(i) The CPI-U for the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metropolitan area covering the Counties of Los Angeles and Orange.(ii) The CPI-U for the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario metropolitan area covering the Counties of Riverside and San Bernardino.(iii) The CPI-U for the San Diego-Carlsbad metropolitan area covering the County of San Diego.(iv) The CPI-U for the San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward metropolitan area covering the Counties of Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Francisco, and San Mateo.(v) Any successor metropolitan area index to any of the indexes listed in clauses (i) to (iv), inclusive.(B) If the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics does not publish a CPI-U for the metropolitan area in which the property is located, the California Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers for All Items as published by the Department of Industrial Relations.(2) (A) Percentage change in the cost of living means the percentage change in the applicable CPI-U, as described in paragraph (1), computed pursuant to subparagraph (B).(B) (i) For rent increases that take effect before August 1 of any calendar year, the following apply:(I) The percentage change shall be the percentage change in the amount published for April of the immediately preceding calendar year and April of the year before that.(II) If there is not an amount published in April for the applicable geographic area, the percentage change shall be the percentage change in the amount published for March of the immediately preceding calendar year and March of the year before that.(ii) For rent increases that take effect on or after August 1 of any calendar year, the following shall apply:(I) The percentage change shall be the percentage change in the amount published for April of that calendar year and April of the immediately preceding calendar year.(II) If there is not an amount published in April for the applicable geographic area, the percentage change shall be the percentage change in the amount published for March of that calendar year and March of the immediately preceding calendar year.(iii) The percentage change shall be rounded to the nearest one-tenth of 1 percent.
SECTION 1. Section 21715.2 is added to the Business and Professions Code, to read:
### SECTION 1.
21715.2. (a) The owner of a self-storage facility shall not, over the course of any 12-month period, increase the gross rental rate for a storage unit more than 5 percent plus the percentage change in the cost of living, or 10 percent, whichever is lower, of the lowest gross rental rate charged for that storage unit at any time during the 12 months prior to the effective date of the increase. In determining the lowest gross rental amount pursuant to this section, any rent discounts, incentives, concessions, or credits offered by the owner of such unit of residential real property and accepted by the tenant shall be excluded. The gross per-month rental rate and any owner-offered discounts, incentives, concessions, or credits shall be separately listed and identified in the lease or rental agreement or any amendments to an existing rental agreement.(b) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:(1) Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers for All Items means the following:(A) The Consumer Price Index for all Items (CPI-U) for the metropolitan area in which the property is located, as published by the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics, which are as follows:(i) The CPI-U for the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metropolitan area covering the Counties of Los Angeles and Orange.(ii) The CPI-U for the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario metropolitan area covering the Counties of Riverside and San Bernardino.(iii) The CPI-U for the San Diego-Carlsbad metropolitan area covering the County of San Diego.(iv) The CPI-U for the San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward metropolitan area covering the Counties of Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Francisco, and San Mateo.(v) Any successor metropolitan area index to any of the indexes listed in clauses (i) to (iv), inclusive.(B) If the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics does not publish a CPI-U for the metropolitan area in which the property is located, the California Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers for All Items as published by the Department of Industrial Relations.(2) (A) Percentage change in the cost of living means the percentage change in the applicable CPI-U, as described in paragraph (1), computed pursuant to subparagraph (B).(B) (i) For rent increases that take effect before August 1 of any calendar year, the following apply:(I) The percentage change shall be the percentage change in the amount published for April of the immediately preceding calendar year and April of the year before that.(II) If there is not an amount published in April for the applicable geographic area, the percentage change shall be the percentage change in the amount published for March of the immediately preceding calendar year and March of the year before that.(ii) For rent increases that take effect on or after August 1 of any calendar year, the following shall apply:(I) The percentage change shall be the percentage change in the amount published for April of that calendar year and April of the immediately preceding calendar year.(II) If there is not an amount published in April for the applicable geographic area, the percentage change shall be the percentage change in the amount published for March of that calendar year and March of the immediately preceding calendar year.(iii) The percentage change shall be rounded to the nearest one-tenth of 1 percent.
21715.2. (a) The owner of a self-storage facility shall not, over the course of any 12-month period, increase the gross rental rate for a storage unit more than 5 percent plus the percentage change in the cost of living, or 10 percent, whichever is lower, of the lowest gross rental rate charged for that storage unit at any time during the 12 months prior to the effective date of the increase. In determining the lowest gross rental amount pursuant to this section, any rent discounts, incentives, concessions, or credits offered by the owner of such unit of residential real property and accepted by the tenant shall be excluded. The gross per-month rental rate and any owner-offered discounts, incentives, concessions, or credits shall be separately listed and identified in the lease or rental agreement or any amendments to an existing rental agreement.(b) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:(1) Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers for All Items means the following:(A) The Consumer Price Index for all Items (CPI-U) for the metropolitan area in which the property is located, as published by the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics, which are as follows:(i) The CPI-U for the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metropolitan area covering the Counties of Los Angeles and Orange.(ii) The CPI-U for the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario metropolitan area covering the Counties of Riverside and San Bernardino.(iii) The CPI-U for the San Diego-Carlsbad metropolitan area covering the County of San Diego.(iv) The CPI-U for the San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward metropolitan area covering the Counties of Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Francisco, and San Mateo.(v) Any successor metropolitan area index to any of the indexes listed in clauses (i) to (iv), inclusive.(B) If the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics does not publish a CPI-U for the metropolitan area in which the property is located, the California Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers for All Items as published by the Department of Industrial Relations.(2) (A) Percentage change in the cost of living means the percentage change in the applicable CPI-U, as described in paragraph (1), computed pursuant to subparagraph (B).(B) (i) For rent increases that take effect before August 1 of any calendar year, the following apply:(I) The percentage change shall be the percentage change in the amount published for April of the immediately preceding calendar year and April of the year before that.(II) If there is not an amount published in April for the applicable geographic area, the percentage change shall be the percentage change in the amount published for March of the immediately preceding calendar year and March of the year before that.(ii) For rent increases that take effect on or after August 1 of any calendar year, the following shall apply:(I) The percentage change shall be the percentage change in the amount published for April of that calendar year and April of the immediately preceding calendar year.(II) If there is not an amount published in April for the applicable geographic area, the percentage change shall be the percentage change in the amount published for March of that calendar year and March of the immediately preceding calendar year.(iii) The percentage change shall be rounded to the nearest one-tenth of 1 percent.
21715.2. (a) The owner of a self-storage facility shall not, over the course of any 12-month period, increase the gross rental rate for a storage unit more than 5 percent plus the percentage change in the cost of living, or 10 percent, whichever is lower, of the lowest gross rental rate charged for that storage unit at any time during the 12 months prior to the effective date of the increase. In determining the lowest gross rental amount pursuant to this section, any rent discounts, incentives, concessions, or credits offered by the owner of such unit of residential real property and accepted by the tenant shall be excluded. The gross per-month rental rate and any owner-offered discounts, incentives, concessions, or credits shall be separately listed and identified in the lease or rental agreement or any amendments to an existing rental agreement.(b) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:(1) Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers for All Items means the following:(A) The Consumer Price Index for all Items (CPI-U) for the metropolitan area in which the property is located, as published by the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics, which are as follows:(i) The CPI-U for the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metropolitan area covering the Counties of Los Angeles and Orange.(ii) The CPI-U for the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario metropolitan area covering the Counties of Riverside and San Bernardino.(iii) The CPI-U for the San Diego-Carlsbad metropolitan area covering the County of San Diego.(iv) The CPI-U for the San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward metropolitan area covering the Counties of Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Francisco, and San Mateo.(v) Any successor metropolitan area index to any of the indexes listed in clauses (i) to (iv), inclusive.(B) If the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics does not publish a CPI-U for the metropolitan area in which the property is located, the California Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers for All Items as published by the Department of Industrial Relations.(2) (A) Percentage change in the cost of living means the percentage change in the applicable CPI-U, as described in paragraph (1), computed pursuant to subparagraph (B).(B) (i) For rent increases that take effect before August 1 of any calendar year, the following apply:(I) The percentage change shall be the percentage change in the amount published for April of the immediately preceding calendar year and April of the year before that.(II) If there is not an amount published in April for the applicable geographic area, the percentage change shall be the percentage change in the amount published for March of the immediately preceding calendar year and March of the year before that.(ii) For rent increases that take effect on or after August 1 of any calendar year, the following shall apply:(I) The percentage change shall be the percentage change in the amount published for April of that calendar year and April of the immediately preceding calendar year.(II) If there is not an amount published in April for the applicable geographic area, the percentage change shall be the percentage change in the amount published for March of that calendar year and March of the immediately preceding calendar year.(iii) The percentage change shall be rounded to the nearest one-tenth of 1 percent.
21715.2. (a) The owner of a self-storage facility shall not, over the course of any 12-month period, increase the gross rental rate for a storage unit more than 5 percent plus the percentage change in the cost of living, or 10 percent, whichever is lower, of the lowest gross rental rate charged for that storage unit at any time during the 12 months prior to the effective date of the increase. In determining the lowest gross rental amount pursuant to this section, any rent discounts, incentives, concessions, or credits offered by the owner of such unit of residential real property and accepted by the tenant shall be excluded. The gross per-month rental rate and any owner-offered discounts, incentives, concessions, or credits shall be separately listed and identified in the lease or rental agreement or any amendments to an existing rental agreement.
(b) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:
(1) Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers for All Items means the following:
(A) The Consumer Price Index for all Items (CPI-U) for the metropolitan area in which the property is located, as published by the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics, which are as follows:
(i) The CPI-U for the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metropolitan area covering the Counties of Los Angeles and Orange.
(ii) The CPI-U for the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario metropolitan area covering the Counties of Riverside and San Bernardino.
(iii) The CPI-U for the San Diego-Carlsbad metropolitan area covering the County of San Diego.
(iv) The CPI-U for the San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward metropolitan area covering the Counties of Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Francisco, and San Mateo.
(v) Any successor metropolitan area index to any of the indexes listed in clauses (i) to (iv), inclusive.
(B) If the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics does not publish a CPI-U for the metropolitan area in which the property is located, the California Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers for All Items as published by the Department of Industrial Relations.
(2) (A) Percentage change in the cost of living means the percentage change in the applicable CPI-U, as described in paragraph (1), computed pursuant to subparagraph (B).
(B) (i) For rent increases that take effect before August 1 of any calendar year, the following apply:
(I) The percentage change shall be the percentage change in the amount published for April of the immediately preceding calendar year and April of the year before that.
(II) If there is not an amount published in April for the applicable geographic area, the percentage change shall be the percentage change in the amount published for March of the immediately preceding calendar year and March of the year before that.
(ii) For rent increases that take effect on or after August 1 of any calendar year, the following shall apply:
(I) The percentage change shall be the percentage change in the amount published for April of that calendar year and April of the immediately preceding calendar year.
(II) If there is not an amount published in April for the applicable geographic area, the percentage change shall be the percentage change in the amount published for March of that calendar year and March of the immediately preceding calendar year.
(iii) The percentage change shall be rounded to the nearest one-tenth of 1 percent.
Each rental agreement pursuant to this chapter shall limit rental increases to both:
(a)No more frequently than once every three months.
(b)An amount not to exceed ____ percent per calendar year.