Prohibition on landlords using coordinated pricing algorithms
Berkeley Mun. Code § 13.63.030(B)City law
A landlord may not use a coordinated pricing algorithm described in subsection A when setting rents or occupancy levels for residential dwelling units in Berkeley.
Answers the question “Can rent-setting software be used on my rent?”
The source
… Page 2 of 4 Ordinance No. 7,992-N.S. Page 3 of 4 A. It shall be unlawful to sell, license, or otherwise provide to City of Berkeley landlords any coordinated pricing algorithm that sets or recommends rents or occupancy levels that may be achieved for residential dwelling units in the City of Berkeley. B. It shall be unlawful for a landlord to use a coordinated pricing algorithm described in subsection A when setting rents or occupancy levels for residential dwelling units in the City of Berkeley. Each separate month that a violation exists or continues, and each separate residential dwelling unit for which the landlord used the coordinated pricing algorithm, shall constitute a separate and distinct violation. 13.63.040 Remedies. A. The City Attorney may file a civil action for violations of section…
- Official law
- Open the official source
- Document
- D001, retrieved Oct 1, 2026
- Dates
- In force since Mar 1, 2026
- Status on Oct 1, 2026
- In force
What it depends on
- Covers
- Applies to coordinated pricing algorithms as defined in § 13.63.020 and to residential dwelling units in Berkeley.
- Exemptions
- The definition excludes certain aggregated anonymous reports that do not make recommendations; products used to establish affordable-housing rent or income limits; and specified market research, appraisal, and software-development research, testing, or training uses.
- Open question
- Published sources give different effective dates for Berkeley’s coordinated-pricing-algorithm ban.
- What you can do next
- Read the law at its official source
Audit trail
The model reads the law; code decides who it covers. The line between them stays visible.
Extracted by the model
What the model read from the source text, checked by code (the quote must appear word for word).
- Category
- Rent-setting software
- Requirement
- A landlord may not use a coordinated pricing algorithm described in subsection A when setting rents or occupancy levels for residential dwelling units in Berkeley.
- Key value
- none
- Effect
- protection_or_duty
- Quote found in source
- yes
- Confidence
- 90%
reasoning boundary
Decided by code
Deterministic: same rules, facts and date give the same answer.
- Jurisdiction: listed only for addresses whose state or legal city is CA-BERKELEY.
- Dates: in force from 2026-03-01 (the later of the published dates (open question)); before that, not yet in force.
- Coverage: no building condition the data can test; conditions in words stay with the text.
As of Oct 1, 2026Engine run
Sources retrieved Oct 1, 2026.
Which buildings it reaches
All 250 sample addresses in California on Oct 1, 2026.
- 40 applies
- 210 not covered
Every dot is the rule engine’s result for that address. The larger dots are the example addresses listed below. 2 addresses have no coordinates and are counted but not drawn.
Decided by code for the example addresses
On Oct 1, 2026. Rules that don’t apply are left out.
- 1609 Addison St, Berkeley: Applies. Citywide Berkeley rule in force since March 1, 2026 (Berkeley Mun. Code § 13.63.030(B)); no building condition in it excludes this address.