AB 246 (Bryan D) Residential rent: County of Los Angeles.

Current Text: Amended: 7/17/2025 
Last Amend: 7/17/2025
Status: 7/17/2025-Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Location: 7/16/2025-S. APPR.
Summary: Current law provides that a tenant is guilty of unlawful detainer if the tenant continues to
possess the property without permission of the landlord after the tenant defaults on rent or fails to
perform a condition or covenant of the lease under which the property is held, among other reasons.
Current law requires a tenant be served a 3 days’ notice in writing to cure a default or perform a
condition of the lease, or return possession of the property to the landlord, as specified. The
Mobilehome Residency Law prohibits a tenancy from being terminated unless specified conditions are
met, including that the tenant fails to pay rent, utility charges, or reasonable incidental service
charges, and 3 days’ notice in writing is provided to the tenant, as specified. This bill would, until
January 20, 2029, enact the Social Security Tenant Protection Act of 2025 (the Act). The Act would
prohibit a court, during a declared social security benefit payment interruption, from issuing a summons
on a complaint for unlawful detainer in any action that seeks possession of residential real property
and that is based, in whole or in part, on nonpayment of rent or other charges, if the defendant
experiences a loss of household income due to the social security benefit payment interruption. The
Act would define “social security benefit payment interruption” for purposes of these provisions to
mean any disruption in the administration or disbursement of any benefit payments administered by
the Social Security Administration that results in a delay of 3 or more calendar days beyond the
scheduled payment disbursement date.