The instructions which came with your placard clearly limit the places you can use it, and the placard doesn't automatically override the HOA...

The deductible seems illegal, including under Civil Code Sections 1942.1 and 1953. If the landlord presses the issue with a cure or quit...

These are all issues which can be negotiated, and if there is agreement, put into a lease addendum for everyone to sign. You may wish to discuss...

Your rights depend somewhat on whether the tenancy is subject to a rent/eviction control law, such as LA's RSO, or the Cal. Tenant Protection Act....

Section 37.9(a)(1) of the SF rent control ordinance allows a landlord to evict for chronic late payments. However, under the facts you have...

Once the answer has been filed, either side has the right to file a request for a trial date. The court is then supposed to schedule the trial...

In the absence of a valid liquidated damages clause in the settlement, the landlord would normally only be entitled to whatever damages he could...

Unless the fire destroyed the rental unit, it would not normally terminate the lease. In addition, if the tenants have an unexpired fixed-term...

If the lease permits the chickens, and raising them doesn't violate any laws, then the landlord's notice sounds somewhat suspect. Also, if the...

Unfortunately, courts seldom grant injunctions to halt an eviction. If you have viable affirmative defenses (such as retaliation under Civil...