Unfortunately, your personal and health issues do not require the landlord to extend the deadline to pay rent, nor would hey constitute a defense...

I am assuming that the only applicable eviction control law as AB 1482. If so, then since they had been there less then a year when you validly...

Small claims may be an option, but I agree that it is often is best to file a petition with the Rent Board for illegal rent overcharges. The rent...

Late fees are usually invalid in residential tenancies. Orozco v. Casimiro (2004) 121 Cal.App.4th Supp. 7, 12. Depending on the facts, it may...

In addition to the checklist, the parties' interpretation of the lease for the past 15 years is certainly relevant to show that it was part of the...

Since it was accidental property damage, it should not provide grounds for eviction. However, the landlord can require you to fix/replace the...

If you have already given notice, then the landlord should initiate the pre-move-out inspection procedure - see Civil Code Section 1950.5(f).

No. In addition to the lease language, Civil Code Section 1945 would apply. If she wants to increase rent (which would be prospective only), she...

Co-tenants generally don't have the right to evict one another - only the landlord can. If the tenancy is subject to an eviction control law,...

A valid POA would give the mother the right to terminate your occupancy rights, evict you if you fail to move, etc. However, she must do so by...