Starting next year, you won’t have to comb through Facebook Marketplace or Craigslist for a decent used refrigerator because your California apartment doesn’t come with one.

That’s because on Monday Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 628 into law, requiring landlords to equip their rentals with a refrigerator and a stove that are in good working condition.

Assemblymember Tina McKinnor (D-Hawthorne), whose 61st District covers communities from Inglewood to Marina del Rey, previously told The Times she was inspired to author the bill when she realized refrigerators and stoves were legally labeled as amenities.

A 2022 Times analysis found that California has more apartments on the market without refrigerators than any other state. Existing state law requires landlords to mainta

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