If your tenancy is subject to an eviction control law, such as AB 1482, the new owner normally can only require you to sign a new lease with lease...

A contract may be unenforceable if it is illegal/has an illegal purposes. However, even if the CC & Rs purport to limit rentals, those prohibitions...

Depending on the facts, you may have grounds to seek a restraining order. However, those generally can't be used to evict someone. You...

I'm sorry you are experiencing this. You should be able to check with the city to confirm whether it is an illegal unit, and can also complain...

Even if it was a commercial tenancy, self-help eviction is illegal. The landlord would normally have been required to give proper notice (unless it...

Yes. If (as seems to be the case) the landlord did not have the court enter a default against you before your answer was filed, you should be...

If you want to pursue claims against the hotel for unsanitary conditions, etc., your best option would probably be small claims court - the case...

I don't practice criminal law, so don't know whether your lodger had a legal obligation to disclose his status to you before renting. In any...

That would normally depend on the provisions of the CC & Rs. If the required number of owners voted to approve the expense (which sounds like it is...

Your real estate agent should be advising you about these issues. However, it is true that you would normally provide a deed for the escrow company...