Do tenants have a right to keep the landlord from entering their home? Yes, but it’s important to understand how tenants must assert their right to quiet enjoyment. Tenants often contact me wondering what to do when the landlord demands to be
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I am often contacted by tenants that have been injured because of problems with the house or apartment they rent that the landlord refuses to fix. Sometimes the problem is one that the landlord has known about for a long time, and
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Summary of Just Cause Requirements California Civil Code Section 1946.2 requires that landlords have “just cause” to terminate or evict certain long-term tenants. This statute rohibits an owner of residential real property (with certain exceptions) from terminating a tenancy without “just cause,”
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What the Eviction Moratorium Prevents The County of San Diego Board of Supervisors has taken steps to prevent the eviction of residential tenants from their homes for reasons other than non-payment of rent. On May 4, 2021, the Board of Supervisors passed
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Tenant Protection for California Tenants On January 1, 2020, California enacted Statewide eviction control, and capped the amount of rent increases that most landlords can impose upon residential tenants. The bill that changed the law creates two new sections of the Civil
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There are Many Exceptions to Statewide Rent Control It is important to realize that the new Civil Code Section which establishes Statewide rent control, § 1947.12, does not apply to every kind of rental property. The following list of rental properties are
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Your Rights as a Tenant are not Just Determined by the Law, but also by the Facts of Your Specific Circumstances The law is an abstraction of reality, but it does not operate in a vacuum. What this means is that judges
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Civil Code §1946.2 may not Displace Other Local Laws that Protect Tenants from Unjust Eviction Several cities across California already have ordinances that require just cause to evict residential tenants. Whether these municipal ordinances will be replaced by the new statewide eviction
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Landlords Must Offer Relocation Assistance for “No Fault” Terminations “No Fault” Termination Defined If a tenant receives a Notice to Terminate tenancy, and there is no allegation that he or she is at fault, then that tenant may be entitled to recover
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Description of Just Cause Eviction Controls Civil Code section 1946.2 now describes and limits the permissible reasons that landlords can evict their long-term tenants. These eviction controls are also called “just cause” protections. Civil Code now provides that, after a tenant has
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