I am not familiar with LA's RSO. However, but many rent/eviction control laws require the landlord to offer the unit back to the tenant if the...

Once you gave notice, the landlord was free to evaluate the local market conditions, and price the rental accordingly. The landlord would also...

Your post is a bit ambiguous. However, if you are not sure the tenant has moved out, you can serve proper notice under Civil Code Section 1951.3,...

The security deposit should be handled as per Civil Code Section 1950.5, and if a new tenant is moving in, there is no valid reason to wait six...

I'm sorry you and your family are in this situation. You can complain to the local code enforcement agency about any current habitability/code...

You may well have grounds to get out of the lease under Civil Code Section 1946.7. In the meantime, it certainly sounds like there are grounds for...

If the hearing officer violated the rules, you can pursue whatever internal appeal process may exist. If there is none, or if the appeal is...

If this tenancy is subject to an eviction control law (e.g. the Cal. Tenant Protection Act), the landlord can't evict you simply because the lease...

Even if a lease had been signed, it sounds like there would have been valid grounds to rescind the lease under Civil Code Section 1689 for...

In the absence of some agreement between all of the parties, co-tenants share common space, and no one has the right to ban anyone else....