Los Angeles tenants facing mold issues may have legal protections under California habitability laws and local housing ...

No tenant ever wants to receive notice that their landlord is increasing their rent—especially when they’re living through the worst possible scenario. After countless California residents lost their ...

A few months before the 2020 pandemic hit, lawmakers approved sweeping statewide protections against evictions and rent increases. Now, a group of legislators wants that law to go further. On ...

The court explained that California law has long held that workers occupying company property as part of their pay have no right to stay after getting fired. Once employment ends, they become either ...

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Many tenants have been annoyed that their rental units did not include refrigerators. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a law requiring apartments to have fridges and stoves, starting next year. By Michael ...

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Renting in California is not cheap. The average rent for a one-bedroom in the Golden State — $2,100 — is 40% higher than the national average. But renters will soon be getting a little more for their ...

One common misconception that Garlington noted stems from the tumultuous history of Salinas’ rental ordinances.

California law has long treated commercial and residential tenancies differently. Consumer protection-focused regulations enacted to protect residential tenants were legally considered inapplicable to ...

California voters on Tuesday rejected an effort to allow stronger rent control laws in California, the third time such a measure was turned down in recent years. Proposition 33 would have allowed ...

Property owners are making fewer properties available for rent because of a state law barring new listings from charging more than $10,000 a month during the state of emergency, real estate agents and ...