Monthly Archives: September 2011

Santa Rosa (CA) attorney: Can landlord evict for damage to door caused by paramedics?

Here’s a Q&A from Avvo, in which I lay out the possible ways a landlord can evict in those circumstances. I think in this case the lease will not explicitly talk about repayment of damage from emergency personnel and she would have a good defense if the landlord tried to evict. The damage was caused when paramedics had to break in to deal with a medical emer-gency I had more than a year ago. I’ve told the landlord I can’t pay the amount in full at one time, but am willing to make payments of $20 per month. Alternatively, I’ve …Read more »

Should we forgive all student loans?

So this page is going around Facebook: “A rising tide does, in fact, lift all boats – forgiving student loan debt, rather than tax cuts for corporations, millionaires and billionaires, has a MUCH greater chance of helping to rise that tide in a MUCH shorter time-frame. …” It goes on to state that there’s a bill in Congress – H. Res 365, introduced by Rep. Hansen Clarke (D-MI), seeking student loan forgiveness as a means of economic stimulus. In fact, this bill is something less than it appears. It’s a resolution “expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that …Read more »

In Nashville – music and yoga

I’m in Nashville for the National Folk Festival, where we saw some great music including, Samba Mapangala & Orchestra Virgunga (East African rumba and soukous), Aubrey Gent (gospel with great steel guitar) and the Marshall Ford Swing Band (Bob Wills-inspired Texas swing). After a blistering hot day Saturday, Sunday’s rains provided welcome relief and we started off Sunday with a vigorous vinyasa (flow) yoga class at the lovely Sanctuary for Yoga. Enjoying the lack of law in all this . . . but speaking of that, The Yoga Journal Conference in San Francisco features a ‘business of yoga’ track featuring …Read more »

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