I suggest you talk to a local landlord-tenant attorney about seeking a restraining order, and perhaps evicting for nuisance, etc. You would have...

Any lease provision waiving certain tenant rights would be invalid under Civil Code Sections 1942.1 and 1953. However, the situation is somewhat...

Some landlords try to avoid complying with habitability requirements by using commercial leases for residential or live/work tenancies. As a...

You should check the court's register of actions to seek what happened. If either side files a motion, the court will normally issue a tentative...

In the absence of rent control, you could shift this expense/obligation to the tenants by serving proper notice to the tenants under Civil Code...

If the tenancy is subject to AB 1482, the landlord can only evict you for one of the stated reasons. Even if that law does not apply, accepting...

It sounds like both parties contemplated that there would have to be a mutually-agreeable and signed lease, which did not happen. If that is the...

Unless the lease had a restriction on pets, you had the right to have a pet. If the lease had such a restriction, but the landlord (new or old)...

Under some circumstances, AB 1482 would have allowed the landlord to terminate for purposes of repairs, in which case relocation benefits would be...

If the landlord followed the statutory procedures for disposing of property after your cousin left (see Civil Code Section 1980 and following), it...