An aside is a dramatic device in which a character speaks to the audience. By convention the audience is to realize that the character's speech is unheard by the other characters on stage.
If you have a lease for more than 30 days (e.g. 1-year lease), your rent cannot be increased during the term of the lease, unless the lease allows rent increases. If you have a periodic rental agreement (month-to-month), your landlord can increase your rent, but must give you proper advance notice in writing. (Civil Code Section 827 (b)).
Can a landlord raise your security deposit after your lease is up? Mine not only raised my rent (max amount under rent control), but also the security deposit. On a month to month lease agreement, yes, they can raise the security deposit provided they give 30 days notice and you haven't already paid the equivalent of twice the monthly rent as a deposit (details here).