Newsletters
Rent Control News is published by the Rent Control Board three times a year. The newsletter is written entirely by Rent Control staff and focuses on issues relevant to the Santa Monica rent-control community. The summer newsletter is mailed to every rent-controlled residential unit in Santa Monica, while a separate summer mailing with unit-specific MAR information and a form for noticing tenants of the general adjustment increase is sent to all property owners.
Fall 2024 Rent Control Newsletter (English) (Spanish) (Farsi) (Amharic)
Summer 2024 GA Rent Control Newsletter (English) (Spanish) (Farsi) (Amharic)
Spring 2024 Rent Control Newsletter (English) (Spanish) (Farsi) (Amharic)
Fall 2023 Rent Control Newsletter (English) (Spanish) (Farsi) (Amharic)
Summer 2023 GA Rent Control Newsletter (English) (Spanish) (Farsi) (Amharic)
Spring 2023 Rent Control Newsletter
Spring 2022 Rent Control Newsletter
Fall 2021 Rent Control Newsletter
Seminars
The Rent Control Agency hosts several seminars throughout the year. If you missed a seminar, you may find a PowerPoint presentation or a full-length video of it below. Please note that laws and regulations may change over time, and some information presented may become out of date. If you have questions about a particular subject, please contact Rent Control directly and ask to speak to an information coordinator.
To open or save a PowerPoint presentation, click on the link below and follow the prompts. To advance the slides, you can click anywhere on the slide. To open a video presentation, just click on the link. You can expand the video itself, hover over it, and click the expand tool in the lower right corner.
It is possible to view video presentations on YouTube with closed captions in languages other than English. To select a language, click the CC icon at the bottom of the screen and turn on closed captions. Then, click the settings icon next to CC and select Subtitles/CC. Select Auto-translate and choose a language from the list.
2024 Seminario Para Inquilinos/Tenant Seminar (in Spanish) (Diapositivas de presentación)
2024 Landlord-Tenant Forum (Video) (Presentation Slides)
2024 General Adjustment Notice Tutorial (Video) (PowerPoint Slides)
Rent Control 101 Seminar for Tenants 2024 Video - Tenant Seminar 2024 PowerPoint Presentation
Landlord Seminar 2024 Video - Landlord Seminar 2024 PowerPoint Presentation
Landlord-Tenant Forum Video (2023) - Landlord-Tenant Forum PowerPoint Presentation (2023)
Seminario Para Inquilinos/Tenant Seminar (in Spanish)
2023 General Adjustment Notice Tutorial
Owning Rent-Controlled Property in Santa Monica (2023) (1 hr 58 min)
Owning Rent-Controlled Property Seminar (2023) PowerPoint Presentation
Tenants' Introduction to Rent Control (2023) Full Length Video
Tenants' Introduction to Rent Control (2023) PowerPoint Presentation
Landlord-Tenant Forum (2022) Full-length Video (1 hour 59 min)
Maintenance of Residential Rental Property (2021) Full-length Video (1 hr 40 min)
Maintenance of Residential Rental Property (2021) Slides