If the tenancy is subject to rent control/eviction control, including under AB 1482, that may restrict your ability to change lease terms. I...

Your rights probably depend on whether the house is subject to AB 1482, including because the former owner did not timely provide the required...

The landlord is not an insurer, and unless you can somehow prove that the firebombing was the landlord's fault, you would have no claims against...

Entry rights are governed by Civil Code Section 1954, which allows entry on proper notice to exhibit the unit to potential tenants. A Court of...

It depends. As one treatise explains: [5:63] Compare—after plaintiff amends complaint: If plaintiff amends the complaint, it may set off a new...

It sounds like you would have claims for defamation, intentional infliction of emotional distress, etc. You can consult a local landlord-tenant...

You are entitled to give a 30 day notice any day of the month, and probably could have terminated with even less notice under Civil Code Section...

My sympathies on the situation. Unless the landlord was legally at fault for the fire, the landlord would have no responsibility for finding you...

It sounds like you may have valid claims under FEHA, etc. for the disability discrimination, especially if you committed to pay for the...

If it is a default judgment, and you ave valid grounds to try to get it set aside (e.g. invalid service of process, rendering he judgment void as...