Relocation payments in Bell Gardens: the local rules

Each rule below links to the section of the Bell Gardens Municipal Code it was read from, with the code text one click away (checked October 2026). General information, not legal advice.

What Bell Gardens's code says

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Extra for protected tenants	one times the tenant's monthly rent in effect when the landlord served the notice to terminate the tenancy Applies: If any tenant in the unit is 62 or older, disabled, has a dependent child under 18 in the unit, is a lower-income household, or has lived there five years or more; all tenants share it, and the tenant must notify the landlord with proof within 10 days of the termination notice § 5.63.040 · code text If any tenant residing in the rental unit from which the tenants are to be displaced includes a qualified tenant, then all tenants living in the rental unit are collectively entitled to additional relocation assistance as follows:
Amount	3 months' rent, at the rate in effect when the termination notice was served. Applies: Permanent relocation after a no-fault eviction; shared proportionally when 2 or more tenants live in the unit. § 5.63.040 · code text The landlord shall pay a relocation assistance amount equal to three times the tenant's monthly rent in effect when the landlord served the notice to terminate the tenancy. The federal GSA per-diem lodging rate for Los Angeles County, updated yearly; may include occupancy taxes. Applies: Temporary displacement for work making the unit unlivable; owed up to 30 days, and 31+ days unless comparable lodging given; parties may agree otherwise. § 5.63.040 · code text Per-diem payment will be based on the Federal General Services Administration per-diem rate for lodging in the county of Los Angeles, which is updated on a yearly basis, unless otherwise agreed upon by the landlord and tenant, and may include any applicable transient occupancy taxes.
When it is paid	Half within 15 days after the termination notice is served; the rest within 5 business days after move-out. Applies: Permanent relocation assistance. § 5.63.040 · code text Landlord shall pay one-half of the relocation assistance due no later than 15 days following service of the termination of tenancy and the balance due no later than five business days after the tenant has vacated the rental unit.
When relocation is owed	A no-fault eviction; the landlord must give the relocation notice with it. § 5.63.040 · code text When relocation assistance must be paid to tenants who are evicted from their rental unit pursuant to BGMC § 5.63.030, the landlord must make the relocation assistance payment in accordance with this section. Repairs, rehabilitation, health and safety violations, toxic exposure, or other work making the unit unlivable or needing it vacant. Applies: When the tenant is temporarily displaced. § 5.63.040 · code text A landlord must provide temporary relocation assistance to tenants of a rental unit who are temporarily displaced due to repairs, rehabilitation of a rental unit, health and safety violations, or other work or activities that will make the rental unit an untenantable dwelling

The California rule underneath

CA state law Underneath, California law still applies. No-fault eviction relocation assistance: One month's rent (as relocation payment or rent waiver), paid within 15 calendar days of the notice (Civ. Code § 1946.2(d)(3)(A)). Relocation under California's just-cause law — the full state rule →

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Does a Bell Gardens landlord have to pay relocation?

City pay after a no-fault eviction: 3 months' rent; half within 15 days of the notice, the rest within 5 business days after move-out.

Relocation payments in Bell Gardens

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