Under the new rental law of California, the landlord has two limitations. First, they have limits on rent increases, and the second one is that it removes landlords' rights to evict renters without any cause. AB1482 is a statewide act that allows annual rent increase to 5%, including a local cost-of-living change of no more than 5%. The maximum raise a landlord can do is 10%. Under this legal act, a landlord can only evict his renter for several legal reasons.