Max 82° Indoor Temperature Threshold for Unincorporated L.A. County Rentals

Amendment to Chapter 11.20 of Title 11 Health & Safety of the L.A. County code to establish a maximum indoor temperature threshold for rental housing units effective 1/1/27

BL 8-5-25 (#08248) Max Indoor Temperature Threshold Ordinance - signed.pdf

The analysis is presented by the County Counsel before the bill text. That analysis summarizes the bill:

The ordinance:
*Requires that rental housing units in the unincorporated areas of Los Angeles County and in cities that adopt the Los Angeles County Code must be able to maintain a maximum indoor temperature of 82 degrees Fahrenheit in all Habitable rooms;
*Allows tenants to provide additional cooling methods, if done in a safe and code-compliant way;
* Updates tenant protections to ensure code-compliant cooling practices are not a cause for eviction and restricts landlords from passing on the cost of certain equipment installation onto tenants; and
*Adopts an effective date of thirty (30) days from the date of final passage by the Board of Supervisors and an enforcement date beginning on January 1, 2027, to provide time for outreach and education efforts, or upon approval of the fee as set forth in Chapter 8.53.050 to account for cost recovery, whichever is later; and
* Allows landlords of already existing rental properties to request an extension of two years for compliance if unable to meet the maximum indoor temperature requirement through portable cooling methods by the enforcement date.

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