Real Estate

1. Posting Requirements for Apartments For four units or more the following signs must be posted in a conspicuous place in your building: Federal Fair Housing Poster Toxic Substance Warning – [...]

1. Homeowner’s Insurance Does Not Generally Cover Tenants Who Are Injured on the Property In the case of Terrell v. State Farm (2019) 40 Cal.App.5th 497. Homeowners of a house in San Francisco [...]

1. New Law Starting January 1, 2020 Requires Employers to Provide Accommodations in the Workplace for Mothers who are Nursing Senate Bill 142 was signed into law. Commencing January 1, 2020, if [...]

1. Limitation on What a Debt Collector Can Do Regarding Mortgage Debt As of January 1, 2020, the Rosenthal Act (Fair Debt Collection Act) now defines mortgage debt as consumer credit. In [...]

1.  California Law Requires Landlords to Inspect and Maintain All Smoke Alarms Health & Safety Code § 13113.7(d)(2) requires all landlords, including multi-unit residential properties or [...]

1.  New Rent Control Law KEY PROVISIONS Caps annual rent increases at 5% plus the change in cost of living, as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), for all rent increases occurring on or [...]

1.  Mechanic’s Lien Void if Filed Before Contractor Has Ceased Work In the case of Precision Framing Systems Inc. v. Luzuriaga, the 4thDistrict Court of Appeal decided on August 29, 2019, [...]

1.  Landlord Found to be Unreasonable and Acted in Bad Faith In the case of Bawa v. Terhune(2019), 33 Cal.App.5thSupp. 1, the Court of Appeal determined that the landlord’s refusal to accept the [...]

1.  CC&R/ Getting Around Super Majority Requirements In the case of Orchard Estate Homes, Inc. v. Orchard Homeowners Alliance, 32 Cal.App.5th471, the HOA attempted to enforce a rule [...]

1. Homeowner Who Sues  His Broker for Negligence Does Not Need Expert Witness Regarding  the Negligence In the case of Ryan v. Real Estate of the Pacific, the seller’s broker held an open house [...]