Legal Question in Business Law in California

Re: self storage rate increases

The provisions of law specifically applying to self-service storage facilities are codified in the Business and Professions Code as sections 21701 to 21715. Skimming these provisions does not reveal any requirement for notice. It's like the gas station; they can charge you $2.19 yesterday and $2.39 tomorrow. There is an important difference, however: The self-storage operator must give you, and both parties must sign, a written storage agreement or lease. Your agreement or lease will lock in your pricing structure for the duration of the agreement or lease.

When the agreement or lease expires, you are no longer locked in to the basic pricing. The agreement or lease MAY and probably does contain provisions as to what happens upon expiration - often you go month-to-month but probably have no contractual or other rights against rate increases.

So, the answer is the operator doesn't need to give you any prior notice unless your contract with the operator requires otherwise. There is no statutory prior-notice period.

I'd advise reading your contract carefully. That'll tell you what your deal is and what the operator can and cannot do.

Re: self storage rate increases

whatever your contract says.