// san ramon · contra costa county
State law only: 8.8% for Aug 2026 to Jul 2027 on the units AB 1482 covers. An individually owned house or condo is exempt from the state cap only with the statutory exemption notice in the lease. Corporate or LLC-owned homes are capped. Newer Dougherty Valley homes may also fall under the 15-year new-construction exemption, which depends on the certificate-of-occupancy date.
// the rulebook
San Ramon has no local rent cap, so state law sets the ceiling: 8.8% for Aug 2026 to Jul 2027 on covered units, and no cap on an individually owned house or condo with the AB 1482 exemption notice in the lease. The city requires a business license; published figures conflict between a flat $341 for 2026-27 and per-unit lessor tiers, so we confirm the current amount with the city at onboarding. There is no registry and no local just cause. The cost that matters is vacancy. A $4,465 house loses about $149 a day empty, and most rentals here sit inside Dougherty Valley HOAs, Gale Ranch and Windemere, with their own tenant-registration and parking rules. Chevron moving its headquarters thinned the corporate tenant pool that Bishop Ranch used to supply, so pricing has to follow the market rather than last year's lease. We write the exemption notice, handle the HOA paperwork, price from current comps, and keep the days-vacant count short.
// what owners run into
Gale Ranch and Windemere are Dougherty Valley HOAs with tenant registration, parking and move-in rules of their own. On a $4,465 house, a week lost waiting on HOA approval is about $1,040.
Chevron's headquarters move took part of the Bishop Ranch commuter base with it. Houses priced to the old corporate-relocation market sit; at $149 a day, two extra weeks of vacancy cost more than the difference in rent.
Published figures disagree, a flat $341 for 2026-27 in one place and per-unit lessor tiers in another. We confirm the current schedule with the city at onboarding rather than guess.
// start here
What your San Ramon place should rent for, what the rules allow next year, and what we would do first. Written, within one business day.
// services
Priced to the market, screened to a written standard, leased with the notices your city requires.
The cap, the registry, the fee and the notice for your unit, each on its own calendar.
A 24-hour line, licensed vendors, your approval threshold, and the vendor's invoice with nothing added.
// questions
No. San Ramon has no cap, registry or local just cause. State law applies: 8.8% for Aug 2026 to Jul 2027 on covered units, and no cap on an individually owned house or condo if the lease carries the AB 1482 exemption notice.
We do not have a published San Ramon figure. The market is softer than it was before Chevron left, so a house priced from last year's lease will sit longer. We price from current comps, start marketing before move-out, and run HOA approval alongside screening. At $4,465 a month, each day saved is about $149.
Yes, the city requires one for rentals. The amount is the open question: one published figure is a flat $341 for 2026-27, another shows per-unit lessor tiers. We confirm the current amount with the city when we onboard the property.
Typical East Bay management runs 6 to 10% of collected rent plus a leasing fee of half to one month's rent. Our full schedule is on the fees page.
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// next step
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