(A) Pursuant to Costa-Hawkins, the provisions of this Rent Stabilization chapter regulating the amount of rent that a landlord may charge shall not apply to the following:
(1) Any residential real property that has a certificate of occupancy issued after February 1, 1995 (Cal. Civil Code § 1954.52(a)(1));
(2) Any residential real property that is alienable separate from the title to any other dwelling unit or is a subdivided interest in a subdivision, as specified in subdivision (b), (d), or (f) of Cal. Bus. and Prof. Code § 11004.5.
(3) Any other residential real property for which rent may not be regulated by the city pursuant to Costa-Hawkins.
(B) The provisions of this Rent Stabilization chapter regulating the amount of rent that a landlord may charge shall not apply to the following:
(1) A unit owned, operated, or managed by a governmental unit, agency, or authority, or that is specifically exempted from municipal rent regulation by state or federal law or regulation.
(2) Dormitories owned and operated by an institution of higher education or a kindergarten and grades 1 to 12, inclusive, school.
(3) Mobile homes located in mobile home parks.
(4) A unit in a hotel, motel, inn, tourist home, or rooming and boarding house which is rented primarily to transient guests for a period of 30 consecutive calendar days or less, counting portions of calendar days as full days; and other transient occupancies as defined in Cal. Civil Code § 1940, subdivision (b).
(5) A unit in an institutional facility, including a hospital, medical care facility, residential care facility, asylum, group home for seniors or the disabled, or transitional housing program that assists homeless persons as defined in Cal. Civil Code § 1954.12.
(6) A unit that the landlord or the landlord's immediate family occupied as their principal place of residence at the beginning of the tenancy so long as the landlord or the landlord's immediate family continues in occupancy.
(7) A unit within a dwelling unit, if the dwelling unit is the principal residence of a landlord, and landlord shares the bathroom or kitchen facilities with the tenant.
(Ord. 2219-C-S, passed 10-11-22; Am. Ord. 2227-C-S, passed 6-27-2023)