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At Fault Evictions Los Angeles County

The moratorium prohibits almost all evictions without fault, but allows most evictions for a tenant’s wrongdoing, except for failure to pay rent if protected by the moratorium’s non-payment provisions. However, certain at-fault evictions are also prohibited under the moratorium, as explained below. The protections described in this section apply regardless of whether the tenant has ..Read More

Los Angeles County No Fault Eviction Protections

The County has imposed a moratorium that prevents evictions for “no fault” reasons, except for those that are necessary for health and safety, and an extremely limited exception for owner move-in evictions, which is explained further below. A “no fault” reason is defined as any eviction where the notice to end the tenancy is not ..Read More

Tenant Protections for Chula Vista Start on March 1st, 2023.

Starting from March 1, the Tenant Protection Ordinance of the City of Chula Vista will take effect. Its aim is to eliminate the loopholes for no-fault eviction, but some argue that it could bring about unintended repercussions for landlords. In addition to constraining no-fault evictions, the ordinance also offers greater relocation support to tenants and ..Read More

LA County Eviction Moratorium – Non Payment of Rent

Since its inception in March 2020 during the pandemic, the eviction moratorium in L.A. County has undergone several changes through multiple amendments. Furthermore, the COVID-19 Tenant Protection Act (CTRA), a state law, had preempted several of its provisions. Although most of CTRA’s preemption provisions relating to local eviction moratoria expired on June 30, 2022, as ..Read More

Don’t Fear Change

From my observation, numerous rental property owners who have owned their properties for an extended period tend to retain control of property management, not because they have a preference for control or believe they can manage the property more efficiently than a management company, but due to their attachment to the status quo and their ..Read More

LA County Has Approved Permanent Just Cause Eviction Ordinance

The Los Angeles City Council has approved the implementation of a permanent just-cause eviction ordinance which will affect most rental units in the city, effective January 27, 2023.  This will replace the eviction protections afforded to tenants by the Tenant Protection Act of 2019, but properties rent-controlled by this act will continue to be rent-controlled ..Read More

How to Deal with Death of a Tenant In a Rental Unit

Landlords are often traumatized by deaths that occur in their rental units, particularly when it is due to drug addiction, such as the widespread use of fentanyl which has become the deadliest killer. Natural deaths are the most common, but discovering a tenant who has overdosed or a homicide or suicide can be extremely distressing ..Read More

Let the Concession Wars Begin

Wait what are you talking about? We are not having a concession War yet? Yet was the key word in that sentence. As the market shifts and now we have some vacant units that are not renting as quickly as we would like. Don’t be surprised to start seeing the signs at the apartment communities. ..Read More

Landlords and Apartment Associations Find to End LA County Moratorium

The California Apartment Association (CAA) is determined to end the COVID-19 eviction moratorium in Los Angeles County and will work to ensure that the recent 60-day extension through March 31, 2023, is the last.  The Board of Supervisors used emergency powers to keep the moratorium in place and cover tenant households at or below 80% ..Read More

Someone Please Help Save Us! We Are Being Treated Like The Indians

After three years of being impacted by the COVID pandemic, LA City announces a new ordinance that will be in place until February 1, 2024. The ordinance has many provisions, including new notice requirements and changes in the dates they take effect. LA County’s moratorium extension will govern units not governed by the city’s restrictions. ..Read More