Regardless of anything else, you must file with the court a timely response to the unlawful detainer, or a default judgment will be entered against...

The Ellis Act is statewide, and so you would be required to at least 120 days notice. I suggest you seek help from a local landlord-tenant attorney.

Your post does not indicate whether your rental unit/tenancy might fall within one of the exemptions form AB 1482. If not, then the notice must...

If you have an unexpired lease, then the landlord/family normally could not evict you until the lease expired. If you are month-to-month, your...

I suggest you complain to the local code enforcement agency about the insect infestation and any other habitability issues. You may also have...

Single family homes are potentially exempt from many eviction control laws, including the Cal. Tenant Protection Act. However, if the landlord...

Under some local rent control ordinances, this established practice (which I gather was there from the beginning) could have evolved into an actual...

I agree that the clause is ambiguous. Since it is the landlord's lease form, Civil Code Section 1654 should apply. If this ever becomes a major...

I agree that the clause is ambiguous. Since it is the landlord's lease form, Civil Code Section 1654 should apply. If this ever becomes a major...

Such a notice from the Court does not constitute service of process. Your deadline to plead begins once you are properly served.