Unless you really want to move anyway, insist on substantially more that the maximum allowed by the rent control ordinance. The landlord can't make...

My 3-yr lease expired 2 yrs ago and now I'm on month-to-month basis.

If you're in rental unit covered by the Los Angeles Rent Stabilization Ordinance (rent-control), you are required to sign a new lease or extend...

With these facts, you'll have no problem retaining a competent low-cost attorney. But disability is not a defense.

Would relocation fee increase based on number of tenants?

You're wasting your time repeatedly asking questions on this site about something so specialized as tenant relocation in the City of Long Beach....

I called the health department they want to termination my lease

To preserve you retaliation defense to the upcoming unlawful detainer, you should be current in the rent.

You would be inviiting a lawsuit if you locked the tenant out of his garage.

The quantum meruit defense would apply if the tenant sues the landlord for the rent paid on the illegal unit. The landlord then defends claiming...

Can I still send a Notice of Belief of abandonment if the tenant vacated but does not owe rent?

If the tenant sent you an email stating she was leaving and she left, she thus terminated the tenancy. You can enter the apartment and secure it. A...

Does city vacating tenant from illegal unit make previous timely nonrenewal/vacate notice void?

When you say the city vacated the tenant, do you mean the city asked you to leave and you left? Why are you worried about this given that Long...

Is the notice of belief of abandonment null and void?

Because you sent the landlord an email indicating that you vacated and then you left, that means you vacated the apartment regardless of whether...