In California, a Health and Safety Receivership is an effective option to resolve code enforcement issues with residential and commercial properties. Health and Safety Receiverships commonly deal with substandard or abandoned properties when property owners fail to...
Griswold Law, along with co-counsel JCL Law Firm, recently achieved a class action settlement on behalf of a class of San Diego County individuals that suffered illegal treatment as motel/apartment occupants. The class members were subject to a variation of the...
In recent posts we’ve discussed the basic distinctions between Residential Hotels and Transient Hotels, as well as the legal rights of a long-term guest at a Residential Hotel in California. The purpose of this article is to continue to define exactly...
About a month ago we posted an article about Habitability Requirements for Leased Properties and Implied Warranty of Habitability, which discussed landlords’ obligation to make certain repairs in rental properties. Unfortunately, many renters are familiar with the...
Once an eviction notice is served on a tenant, he or she may try contacting the landlord to ask for an extension of time to pay the rent. It’s likely that by the time the landlord has gotten around to actually starting the eviction process, the tenant is MORE than one...
Once an unlawful detainer Complaint has been filed with the Court, the details of the eviction terms are set. The address listed in the Complaint is the only place the Sheriff will conduct a lockout (beware of apartment/unit number errors), and the specific...
