If you timely filed the answer and paid the required filing fees, then the request for entry of default is improper. You need to make sure that...

The Defense wants to do deposition interview in San Jose, yet the Plaintiff lives in Los Angeles and can't afford to travel?

Where is the action pending? If the action is pending in San Jose, then they can notice the deposition for a location there. If it is pending in...

Civil Code section 1950.5 governs residential security deposits in California. The California Supreme Court has interpreted that code section to...

Can new landlord file UD complaint for unpaid back rent if we first found out about him when he served us with 3-day notice?

If he serves you with a new three day pay or quit notice, that is your chance to pay the rent owed. You must pay before the three days expires.

Obama family protection act

Did you refer to it as the "Obama family proteciton act" when you spoke with the judge in court?

Can my landlord bill me for corrective landscaping work DURING my tenancy?

Without knowing the details of your lease, I suggest you contact her and explain the situation and offer to fix it.

I live in illegal unit in SF, which my landlord and I don't get along very well since I have asserted my rights.

That does sound like a notice to terminate your tenancy. Take the letter to a tenant's rights attorney near you and get some quality legal advice...

Landlord sending me to court but I have a contract

You need to go get a tenant rights attorney now.

As a renter, Am I being embezzeled by my residential property management company

Are you responsible for paying the water and sewer under the lease? Does it come out of your rent? Have you been paying the water and sewer...

Can I be evicted for a late rental payment?

They would have to serve you with a three day notice to pay or quit, and if you failed to pay rent by the third day, they could then file an...