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A Santa Rosa attorney explains a dramatic change on the horizon Tenants are second-class citizens. If a homeowner misses a mortgage payment, she can make the payment up the next month. Even if foreclosure proceedings are started, the homeowner may be able to cure the default. A new bill looks like it will pass the California Assembly and drastically remake evictions in California. In California a tenant who is late on the rent is served with a three-day eviction notice – pay the rent within three days or you’ll be sued for unlawful detainer. The landlord doesn’t have to accept …Read more »

It was a clear case of retaliatory eviction. After making repeated complaints to the CRIC House ‘steering committee’ about overrunning septic systems close to the watershed, neglectful treatment of animals, harassment of adults and children, my client was served with an eviction notice. After she reported conditions to the Sonoma County code enforcement department – in fact, the day after – she was served with another eviction notice, and when that expired, she was served with an unlawful detainer lawsuit. Under Civil Code 1942.5, if the landlord retaliates against a tenant because s/he has exercised rights or complained to a …Read more »