We Mourn the Passing of Our Friend and Colleague L. Jay Pedersen
Landlord attorney L. Jay Pedersen passed away on January 16, 2012. Jay was a fiercely competitive and highly competent litigator. Some of...
Jury Shuts Down Berkeley Pot Club
An Alameda County Superior Court jury voted today to shutter the doors of Berkeley's infamous Forty Acres Medical Marijuana Growers...
2012 Returning Security Deposits Electronically
Not surprisingly, laws are slowly changing to keep up with the electronic times. The passage of California Assembly Bill 1679 is an...
2012 Unlawful to Require Declawing or Devocalization of Pets
Apparently, some landlords in California thought it was a good idea to require their tenants to declaw or devocalize pets. It's not. On...
2012 Reduced Relocation Payments in San Francisco
Under current San Francisco Rent Control laws, when a landlord needs to temporarily displace a tenant to make needed repairs to a unit,...
2012 SF CPI Allowable Rent Increase
The San Francisco allowable annual CPI rent increase rate effective March 1, 2011 through February 29, 2012 is 0.5%. © 2012 by Fried &...