BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) -- Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill on Monday that requires California landlords to supply their tenants with a working refrigerator and stove.

Assembly Bill 628 adds a working refrigerator and stove to the list of features landlords need to provide in a dwelling unit for it to be considered habitable.

Existing state law required landlords to include “standard characteristics” in apartment units, such as plumbing, electrical lighting, heating and hot water systems, but didn’t include appliances like a stove or a refrigerator.

The average rent in the state of California is $2,800 and about 37% higher than the national average, according to Zillow.

The legislation was authored and introduced by Assemblymember Tina McKinnor (D-Inglewood).

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