On March 1, 2023, the Governor issued a proclamation of a State of Emergency in 13 counties due to severe recent winter storms in Amador, Kern, Los Angeles, Madera, Mariposa, Mono, Nevada, San Bernardino, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Sierra, Sonoma, and Tulare counties.  
Since that date, another 27 counties have been added.

These counties include the following:  Butte, Calaveras, Del Norte, El Dorado, Fresno, Glenn, Humboldt, Imperial, Inyo, Kings, Lake, Mendocino, Merced, Monterey, Napa, Placer, Plumas, Sacramento, San Benito, San Francisco, San Joaquin, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Stanislaus, Tuolumne, and Yuba.

In these counties (now 40 in total), rent increases above ten percent will be subject to criminal prosecution under Penal Code Section 396 which is the state’s anti-price-gouging law until the State of Emergency is lifted.
To view each of the State of Emergency Proclamations, please click on the following links:

Initial Emergency Proclamation:  March 1, 2023
wma.org/post/executive-department-state-california

Second Emergency Proclamation:  March 8, 2023
wma.org/post/executive-department-state-california-0

Third Emergency Proclamation:  March 12, 2023
wma.org/post/executive-department-state-california-1

Chris Wysocki is WMA’s Legislative Advocate. He can be reached at Chris@wma.org.