Santa Rosa attorney: What Vallejo teaches consumers about bankrupcty

It seems bankruptcy is the best thing to have happened to Vallejo, California, according to the Huffington Post. With bankruptcy looming, city employees were depressed and the prospects seemed dire. “You go through a bankruptcy, you lose half your staff, do you really run out to your engine?” explained the fire chief. And the [...]

Santa Rosa attorney: Why you need a lawyer for bankruptcy

I just answered this question over at Avvo.com: When filling chap. 7 do I have to to give a secured debt such as a car an exemption? My answer was basically, you need to hire a lawyer! Why? Because, as the question shows, bankruptcy concepts are not intuitive. I see lay people get in [...]

Santa Rosa attorney: Feds targeting California landlords over marijuana stores

This doesn’t come as a surprise to any landlord-tenant attorney operating in California, but the details are interesting: The Federal Government is targeting commercial landlords who rent to California medical marijuana shops, according to Reuters. The government uses its power to grab assets used in drug trafficking to threaten to seize landlords’ real estate if [...]

Santa Rosa attorney on eviction basics

I get calls from time to time from people asking if they have to move out because they were served with a notice. So I thought it would be a good idea to run down some of the basics of California eviction procedure. Written Notice Eviction is a two-step process: first, the landlord has to [...]