Costa Hawkins is a state law that sets some requirements for the 15 cities in California with rent control—Los Angeles included.

There are two main provisions:

• It protects a landlord’s right to raise the rent to market rate on a unit once a tenant moves out.
• It prevents cities from establishing rent control—or capping rent—on units constructed after February 1995.

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