Tendent/Landlord-- Environmental problems

Dear Tenant, I am licensed in California. Please note that only licensed attorneys can give you legal advise in the state of California. For an...

Wow. That's a really broad question, but I'll try to answer it, first in the lawyerly way, and then in the normal-person way. A "nuisance" is,...

California residential landlord tenant law

Dear tenant, The landlord cannot turn off the utilities for the purpose of inducing you to vacate your apartment. See Civil Code section 789.3....

CA landlord tenant laws, return of security deposit

Dear tenant, I assume your apartment is rent controlled and in Los Angeles. Your landlord may have broken the law here. Under the Los Angeles...

CA landlord tenant law, tenant's rights when landlord raised rent due to tenant's family visiting for a month

Dear Tenant, The other lawyers are correct, expect that if your landlord wants to raise your rent 10% or more, he has to give you 60 days...

Dear Tenant, Yes--there is a law--Civil Code section 1954. Section 1954 provides that a landlord must give his tenants 24 hours WRITTEN notice...

Eviction on an under age unnamed occupant!

Dear landlord: Watch out. In L.A., if you building is rent controlled, you can only evict subject to the 12 legal reasons. Of course, failure...

Breaking lease & not incurring penalty from landlord

You probably can break your lease, but the fact that you break your lease will not stop the landlord from trying to collect from you. You would do...

The answer is, it depends. If the case is dismissed before 60 days passes, then the record of the case is sealed and it never becomes part of the...

Legal malpractice

If you plan to sue an attorney for legal malpractice, the best advice is to find an attorney who practices in the same area as your former...