1121. ANNUAL GENERAL ADJUSTMENT ORDER FOR 1999
(A) In accordance with Section 11 of the Rent Stabilization and Eviction for
Good Cause Ordinance as amended and Board Regulation 1100, the Rent Stabilization
Board hereby adjusts the 1998 Rent Ceilings (exclusive of temporary increases in rent
ceilings such as capital improvements) upward by 1% or $8.00, whichever is less, for all
units covered by the Ordinance.
The 1999 Rent Ceiling is defined as the Base Rent Ceiling established in Section 10 of
the Ordinance, or, if the tenancy began on or after January 1, 1996, the Initial Rent as
defined in the Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act (Civil Code '1954.50 et seq.), plus any
adjustment of the Base Rent Ceiling or Initial Rent granted by the Board.
(B) Rent Ceilings adjusted pursuant to this Order may not be rounded to the
nearest dollar amount.
(C) The adjustments granted by this Order shall become effective on January 1,
1999, provided the landlord is otherwise entitled to the adjustment pursuant to the
provisions of the Ordinance and this Order. The rent increase granted herein shall not
apply to any initial rental rate set on a tenancy that begins on or after January 1, 1999
and which qualifies for establishing an initial rental rate pursuant to the Costa-Hawkins
Rental Housing Act.
(D) The upward general adjustment granted in this Order does not automatically
provide for a rent increase. Rent increases pursuant to this Order shall become
effective only after the landlord gives the tenant(s) at least thirty (30) days' prior written
notice of such rent increases and the notice period expires.
Each notice to a tenant of a rent increase pursuant to this Order shall be in the following
form and contain the following information: