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Notices: How to Count the Days

After September 1, 2019, weekends and holidays will no longer count towards the three days of the notice. This will standardize the calculat

Q&A Regarding Tenant Disputes

You can, and should, make a serious effort to help resolve this problem between your tenants. Not only will it cause them to stop bothering

Q&A Regarding Lease Lengths

A landlord is generally entitled to decide how long they wish to rent their property, whether month-to-month, year-to-year, or for longer pe

Q&A Regarding Landlord Obligations After a Burst Pipe: Repairs to Rent

The implied warranty of habitability requires that rental units be safe and habitable—this includes having working plumbing. The landlord ha

Setting Rents in California’s New State of Emergency

These declarations not only empower emergency response to bring relief to those affected, and raise awareness of fire safety and climate cha

Q&A Regarding Maintaining Records of Leases, Correspondence, and Other Documentation

A landlord has no general obligation to maintain records after a termination of a tenancy. However, keeping tenancy-related documents for at

Court Talk: A Mail Mandate

Normally, a payment is not “made” until the creditor receives it; however, if the creditor directs payment by mail, the payment is “made” wh

Oakland's Buyout Ordinance

It is important to note that the Ordinance applies to all rental units in Oakland, including units otherwise exempt from rent or eviction co

Landlord Responsibilities When Dealing with Bilingual Tenants

Approximately 15.2 million Californians speak a language other than English as home. And the other Californians don’t speak English well (th

Q&A Regarding Adding an Extra Roommate

In most rent-controlled cities, such as Oakland and Berkeley, tenants are generally allowed to replace absent roommates with new roommates,

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