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1. AB 1482-Rent Control Cheat Sheet For those of you who own apartments that are subject to California rent control, you need to know: Rents can be raised only once a year. The current raise [...]

1. Covid-19 Lawsuits Covid-19 lawsuits against insurance companies seeking insurance benefits under Business Income, Extra Expense, or Civil Authority provisions of policies so far have been [...]

1. Liquidated Damages are Unenforceable If They Bear No Reasonable Relationship to the Range of Actual Damages the Parties Anticipated Would Flow from a Breach In the case of Graylee v Castro, [...]

1. Proposed New Law Will Allow Restaurants-Bars to Get Out Of Lease Under Senate Bill 939, California could allow businesses especially independent restaurants, bars and cafes to get out of their [...]

1. 25% Automatic Rent Reduction There is a pending Assembly Bill 828 which will require all residential landlords to reduce rent by 25% for a year for renters with coronavirus hardships. [...]

1. Senate Bill 329 and Senate Bill 222 Requires Landlords to Accept Section 8 and Vash Vouchers and Other Forms of Rental Assistance As of January 1, 2020, you can no longer inform a prospective [...]

1. Does Doctrine of Commercial Frustration Allow a Commercial Tenant to Terminate its Lease or Suspend Lease Payments During Stay-At-Home Order The World Health Organization has declared a [...]

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.  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 [...]