Effective October 4, 2016, the Los Angeles City Council adopted the Rent Registry Ordinance (#184529) which is similar to those required by the City of West Hollywood and the City of Santa Monica.

The NEW Los Angeles Rent Registry Ordinance requires the owners of buildings with rent stabilized units subject to the Los Angeles Rent Stabilization Ordinance (LA RSO) to provide the Los Angeles Housing Community and Investment Department (HCIDLA) with the following information for each building on an annual basis:

1. a list of all rental units;
2. the rent for each rental unit;
3. the name of the tenant(s) occupying each rental unit; and
4. the landlord’s emergency contact information.

This information must be submitted to the Los Angeles Housing Community and Investment Department and updated each year by February 28th. If the owner of a Los Angeles Rent Stabilized Building fails to submit the required information, the annual Certificate of Registration will NOT be issued. If an owner does not have a current Certificate of Registration, the owner is technically prohibited from collecting rent and will not be able to evict any tenant as a valid Certificate of Registration is a required to serve a tenant with Three Day Notice to Pay Rent or Quit and/or Three Day Notice to Cure or Quit.

Big brother is watching and now monitoring each and every Los Angeles Rent Stabilized Unit.