Late rent payments are curable, and are usually dealt with by serving 3-day notices when needed. Some local rent control/eviction control...

From your post, it doesn't sound like you actually moved out and turned in your keys before the 1st 3-day notice expired, so you can't really say...

Civil Code Section 1946.2 provides in relevant part: "(a) Notwithstanding any other law, after a tenant has continuously and lawfully occupied a...

Depending on the wording of the order, and whether/when the landlord was served with a copy of the court's order sustaining the demurrer, you may...

I suggest you immediately make a police report about the illegal lockout, food theft, etc. The death of the landlord did not automatically...

I agree with much of Mr. Arrasmith's advice, but would add that you also now have a very short window fro completing whatever pretrial discovery...

Landlords can ONLY make non-consensual entries on proper notice, and for one of the limited reasons authorized under Civil Code Section 1954. Those...

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Your post is a bit unclear. If you are still a tenant, you can complain to the local code enforcement agency about the lack of hot water,...

You may want to look into getting a civil harassment restraining order, and perhaps make a police report about the animal cruelty. You may well...

Anything like that would be illegal and unenforceable - see e.g. Civil Code Section 1953. Locking a tenant out is also illegal and actionable - see...