Dog bite law is a unique combination of city and county ordinances, state statutory law, and case law. California law recognizes that some vicious and potentially dangerous dogs have become…
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Proposition 65 “Safe Harbor” Warning Regulation Update
Proposition 65 Residential Rental Property Exposure Warnings Regulation (the “Apartment Regulation”) will take effect July 1, 2019. This regulation, and Proposition 65, apply only to businesses with 10 or more…
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Protections for Victims of Domestic Violence and Other Crimes
California law provides significant protections to tenants who are victims of domestic violence, human trafficking, sexual assault, elder and dependent adult abuse, or stalking. The term “domestic violence” is used…
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Reasonable Accommodations and Modifications
State and federal fair housing laws prohibit discrimination against persons with disabilities. Disability discrimination includes the refusal to make a reasonable accommodation or to allow a reasonable modification that is…
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Relocation of Tenants During Maintenance and Repairs
Once a property owner has entered into a rental agreement with a tenant and has handed over the keys, the tenant has the exclusive right to possession of the dwelling…
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Rent Control: Bad Economic and Failed Social Policy
As communities across the country have removed old heavy-handed rent control policies, eleven California cities continue to maintain rent control ordinances (governing residential rental housing) and have adopted regulatory schemes…
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Rent Control: Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act
In 1995, the California Legislature passed and the Governor signed AB 1164 – a law that is known as the Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act. This law cleared the way for…
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Rent Increases: 30- and 90-Day Notice Requirements
Effective January 1, 2020, California law requires a 90 days’ written notice when rental property owners increase a tenant’s rent more than 10 percent. Rent increases of 10% or less…
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Rent Reporting Obligations
SB 1157 (Bradford), enacted in 2020, established Civil Code Section 1954.06, requiring landlords of certain assisted housing developments to offer residents listed on the lease the option to have their…
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Rental Housing Fees
“Can I charge this fee?” This is one of the most common—and increasingly complex—questions landlords ask. Whether the issue involves application screening fees, utility charges, parking, administrative costs, or other…
