According to California Tenant Law, do I have legal grounds to break a fixed 14 month rental lease if neighbor harassing family?

You should get a written record of your complaints to the LL in a letter. Then you could use a constructive eviction argument on breach of quiet...

What can I do?

Agreed. If you get that kind of evidence you can start putting real pressure on the landlord/property management to give them a cure or quit...

When a landlord lists reasons why $2000 is being withheld from a security deposit & it wasn't done, can the I ask for it back?

read california civil code section 1950.5. LL is violating and you could get back twice the deposit in small claims court.

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If you paid tenant you replaced in middle of your first month, is owner entitled to this payment?

You should get it in writing that that month was taken care of by your predecessor. It can be shown to a judge in an unlawful detainer based on a...

Breaking lease by giving 30 days notice? Am I still liable?

Lisa is correct. But remember, if you are both moving out and if you are not concerned about getting your deposit back then being "liable" will not...

Showing rules regarding Landlord and Tenant that lives in same house. When can Landlord show room?

LL must give 24 hours written notice. LL cannot ask that the T not be there.

Can we legally terminate our 1 year lease 2 months early due to the 2 drug dealers, loud parties and violence on street?

You should write a letter to your landlord first. That way you would have better evidence and it would look like you tried to give the LL a chance...

?I was evicted(unlawfully) and my property was stolen and sold by the landlord, How do I sue for the value of property?

I have handled cases involving theft by landlords based on fraud. If you can prove fraud you could sue for 3 times the amount stolen, punative...

If I rented a non-code compliant room to someone, will the tenant be entitled for the full rent payback? any exceptions? Thanks.

If a code enforcement officer has cited the violations then you cannot collect rent until they are repaired. If no citations have been issued, the...

Yes landlords in san Francisco cannot evict tenants with a just cause. However the SF rent ordinance allows a master tenant to have a subtenant...