If you can get a legitimate ESA certification (under the new stricter Cal. law), then you can demand that the landlord reasonably accommodate your...

Depending on the facts, you may have grounds to rescind the lease under Civil Code Section 1689 (e.g. for nondisclosure and/or partial failure of...

If you want an attorney, you should try the find a lawyer tab on this site, as opposed to posting this way. You might also try searching on Yelp....

Since you were her landlord/ master tenant, you had a legal duty to provide living space with complied with applicable habitability standards,...

You can bring it up with the landlord, especially if you have safety concerns. However, if you are all on the same lease (as opposed to having...

Independent of the issue of the separator, it is possible that you are renting an illegal unit, since many garage conversions are done informally....

If your offer was accepted by the landlord, and the landlord then refused to perform, you can sue for breach of contract. The fact that all...

Below is a relevant excerpt from a respected Cal. landlord-tenant treatise. Good luck! [3:80] Withholding Rent and Raising Breach in Unlawful...

I agree with Mr. Aresehnko, and would add that it is usually a lot easier and cheaper to sue private companies/individuals that suing a...

The tenant's rights would normally depend on the terms of the oral rental agreement your father negotiated. For example, if those terms...