Your rights may depend somewhat on how you were evicted, since an adverse judgment may prevent you from asserting certain kinds of claims. For...

You may well have grounds to rescind your lease under Civil Code Section 1689 for fraud/nondisclosure, and seek compensation under Civil Code...

If you can prove even negligent nondisclosure of a material fact, you should be able to either seek damages under Civil Code Section 3343, or...

You can try to refute her contentions with your own documentary evidence, your testimony, and the testimony of any witnesses (who you may well have...

Yes. Civil Code Section 1946.1 overrides anything in the rental agreement. See also Civil Code Section 1953

Unfortunately, California law generally does not require a landlord to provide a/c. If a/c was promised as part of your lease, then failure to...

California law generally does not require landlords to provide a/c. If you think there are other issues (e.g. inadequate ventilation), you...

Under Civil Code Section 1954, the landlord (or his/her employees) can only enter for one of the limited reasons authorized in that law, and only...

Leaving papers outside your door would normally not be valid service of process. However, the process server can always submit an inaccurate proof...

You can terminate your monthly co-tenancy by giving proper written notice under Civil Code Section 1946. Schmitt v. Felix (1958) 157 Cal.App.2d...