Annual rent adjustment; notice of rent increase.
Sacramento City Code § 5.156.050
in effect5.156.050 Annual rent adjustment; notice of rent increase.
A. The annual rent adjustment is 5% plus the percentage of the annual increase in the cost of living adjustment, if any, but not to exceed a combined total of 10%. A tenant may not waive this limitation on the increase in rent.
B. The cost of living adjustment is to be determined on April 1st of each year by reference to the California Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers All Items (or the Sacramento area, if the index is established for the Sacramento area) for the preceding year. The percentage by which this index increased over the index for the full year immediately prior shall be the percentage used to calculate the cost of living adjustment.
C. Before a landlord can impose a rent increase that exceeds the annual rent adjustment, the landlord shall comply with section 5.156.060.
D. An increase in rent in accordance with the annual rent adjustment is not effective until the landlord provides written notice to increase rent as prescribed by law. The content of the notice to increase rent provided to a tenant shall include the information as prescribed in the tenant protection program administrative procedures. (Ord. 2020-0003 § 1; Ord. 2019-0025 § 2)
Source: City of Sacramento, Sacramento City Code (American Legal Publishing, codelibrary.amlegal.com)URL: https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/sacramentoca/latest/sacramento_ca/0-0-0-16243Fetched: 10/24/2026