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Tragic news for landlords. California Judicial Council stops the filing of almost all eviction cases. This will open the floodgates for tenants not to pay rent. Watch my webinar at 10 AM today at:
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The City of LA has now extended eviction protection for non-payment of rent due to COVID, until April 30, 2023. This means that tenants can avoid paying rent up to 38 months. Is the City insane? No one is affected financially due to COVID at this time. This is clear theft!
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Now California legislators are trying to control when you can sell your own home! AB 1771 will impose a 25% tax on property owners if they sell their homes within 3 years of its purchase. Are you kidding me?
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Zoom Landlord-Tenant Talk Radio is modeled after old time Talk Radio. Attorney Dennis Block has 47 years of experience representing landlords. Join our meeting and get your questions answered. Every Saturday at 3 PM. Click the link below:
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It is official! The City of Los Angeles will allow evictions for non payment of rent as of Feb. 1, 2023. Landlord’s property rights will finally be restored.
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The City Council of Los Angeles has now authorized a 4% rent increase, effective February 1, 2024. This is after a four year moratorium against any rent increases. We all need to ban together to bring forth a lawsuit against the City of Los Angeles, for the theft of our property…
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OMG! The City of Los Angeles is ending its eviction moratorium effective Jan.1, 2023! I guess the fraud perpetrated by tenants will finally cease.
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The Los Angeles Board of Supervisors has now extended the eviction moratorium from Jan. 1st to Feb. 1, 2023. This means that tenants can steal another month of rent from landlords. How many of these Supervisors own rental property? ZERO
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Let me be clear, Tenants do not need any further protection. Every law is in their favor. It is Landlords
that need protection from the insane laws that destroys our property rights.
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How can the City of Los Angeles declare that no rent increases are allowed for RSO properties until February 1, 2024? Is it their position that EVERY tenant is financially impacted by COVID? This is pure theft of your property rights. These people are socialists.
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I do not understand. If President Biden declares that the economy is good, and unemployment is very low, why does the City of Los Angeles believe that tenants still need protection from Covid until August 1, 2023? Could it be that they are just currying favor with tenants?!
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While the moratorium for the City of LA will terminate as of 2-1-23, you cannot increase the rent until at least 2-1-24. The City is expecting landlords to go without a rent increase for 4 yrs. Of course, City employees have been, or will be given, a pay increase. Total abuse.
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The LA City Council strikes another blow to beleaguered
#landlords
. In the City of Los Angeles you cannot serve a 3-Day Notice to Pay Rent, unless the amount requested equals the stated Fair Market Value.
$1,534-studio, $1,747-1 bed, $2,222-2 bed,
$2,888-3 bed, $3,170-4 bed
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Happy to report that my firm won two jury trials today against the Basta law firm. The juries came back 12 to 0 for the landlord.
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The City of Los Angeles is at it again. If you serve a rent increase which exceeds 10%, the tenant has the right to move and demand relocation! $6652 for a 1 bedroom and $8077 for a 2 bedroom. What justification exists for relocation on a valid rent increase? Pure theft!
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A client just leased a property. The tenant gave a check with insufficient funds. Based on this new law, an eviction case cannot be filed at this time. THIS IS INSANE.
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Hope on the horizon! Excepting the City of LA, residential tenants in LA County can be evicted for failure to pay rent for the month of April, 2022. In order to avoid eviction, the tenant would have to "self certify" within 7 days of the due date. No tenant will know to do that!
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To Sheriff Robert Luna: Please explain why your office is taking an inordinate amount of time to perform lockouts. Landlords have been abused for 3 years. Please do not let your office contribute to this abuse.
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It is totally out of control where people break into residential units and take up occupancy. Calling the police for assistance is useless. The laws have to change. Maybe we need to take over the homes of our elected officials to get some laws enacted to protect property owners.
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You will not believe this! A tenant used every trick in the book to avoid her eviction. We prevailed on every issue. The paperwork was delivered to the Los Angeles County Sheriff. On the day of the eviction, the Sheriff refused to evict as the tenant was too violent!
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My firm won 2 jury trials today! Congratulation to our great team. Landlords CAN win jury trials.
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Interesting that a tenant who claims he cannot pay his rent due to COVID, has now purchased his 2nd new car in the last 6 months. I have a suspicion that he is not being honest with his landlord. What do you think?
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NO ONE, at this time, is currently impacted by COVID-19. The politicians are imposing harsh and illegal restrictions on property owners to curry favor with tenants. Cities are allowing tenants to go 3 years without paying any rent. Landlords are powerless to enforce their rights.
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Attention Property Owners in the City of Los Angeles: The handcuffs have been removed! As of today, you can serve a 3 day notice to pay rent, for the month of February only. If rent is not paid, you can finally commence an
#eviction
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It appears that the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors has found a new way to extend Covid protections for tenants. This is the case, even though the pandemic has been over for years. They have ordered the Sheriff's office to "slow walk" evictions. Normally a Sheriff lockout…
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The eviction order was delivered to the Sheriff office in Los Angeles County on Feb. 1, 2024. The Sheriff's office has finally given a lockout date for April 5, 2024. This is costing landlords thousands of dollars in lost rent. Something needs to improve!
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You will not believe this. The City of Los Angeles is fining the owner of an apartment building because a tenant does not have a license for his own dog. This is just another example of the City recklessly attempting to grab money from property owners! Hey Mayor Bass, are you on…
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To the City Council of Los Angeles and Mayor Garcetti:
You have now extended the eviction moratorium through Feb. 6, 2023. That means tenants can avoid paying rent for a total of 35 months. Landlords are prohibited from suing or filing an eviction. You are authorizing theft!
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On December 4, 2023, during a trial, we had a judge advise a tenant not to pay the rent and to save it for her next landlord. This is the prejudiced system landlords are faced to deal with. Our client is now filing a complaint with the Commission of Judicial Performance.
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The media and our politicians keep referring to a tidal wave of evictions. Here is the truth, there will be a tidal wave of foreclosures for landlords. Landlords are not entitled to unemployment or governmental handouts. Who pays for the mortgage, property taxes, and upkeep?
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If a tenant is claiming "habitability" as to reason why rent is being withheld, then then tenant should be required to post the money with the court. If the money is not posted, then the defense cannot be used. Anyone have a problem with that?
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OMG the
@latimes
@LosAngelesTimes
is shocked that 40,000 eviction notices have gone out this year, the majority of the notices being for non-payment of rent. Mr. Times, are you really shocked that landlords are enforcing their right to collect rent? Shouldn't the shock be that…
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#GovernorNewsom
extends the eviction moratorium through September 30, 2021. This is forcing landlords to go without rent for 20 months! Be sure to vote against him in the recall election.
#RecallGavinNewsom
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The City of LA is correct! Persons are financially impacted by the COVID epidemic! But the morons do not understand that those persons are the landlords, based on the policies of the City. Tenants are not financially impacted by COVID, yet landlords are forced to suffer.
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I have just placed the best residential lease on my website. It is designed to protect landlords and allows for multiple grounds to evict bad tenants. As always, the lease and all of my forms are free and can be downloaded at:
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The time has finally arrived! In the City of Los Angeles we can now bring forth an eviction for ANY rent owed, even those funds owed during the COVID period.
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What percentage of tenants in Los Angeles will magically not be financially impacted by COVID as of February 1st 2023?
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Daniel Yukelson, executive director of the Apartment Association of Greater Los Angeles, made the point that the
#eviction
moratorium is tantamount to "Forced Private Welfare". How does anyone expect landlords to survive without income?
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Great News! The Sheriff in Los Angeles County is now doing evictions, where the writ had already been delivered to their office! Don't feel sorry for the tenants, as these evictions happened PRIOR to the pandemic. Each of these tenants were "gaming" the system.
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Explain to me why landlords have to support tenants?
No other business is forced to give away their goods and services. This is criminal.
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Does one member of the City Council or Mayor Garcetti truly believe that the tenants will pay back rent in one year? Our elected officials have allowed tenants to live for free. I propose that if the rent is not paid back, that the City will step in and pay it!
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A tenant moved into a unit paying the 1st month rent and a sec. dep. The landlord demanded a Cashier's Check. This check has now come back as counterfeit. We are now forced to do an eviction. Hey, Dist. Atty George Gascón, would this be a case you would prosecute? I think not!
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It is official! On February 1, 2023, the City of Los Angeles will terminate the State of Emergency regarding Covid. Of course, they were only 2 years late. Landlords will be able to evict for rent, unauthorized persons and pets. Mark your calendar.
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A tenant has not paid rent in over 1 year. He moved to Seattle, Washington but refuses to give up the unit. He knows he cannot be evicted. Hey
#Garcetti
, are you hearing this? You are sanctioning theft!
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Hey
#Realtors
& Property Owners. Be advised that the proposed LA City Ordinance will require "good cause" to evict, even if the property is not subject to rent control. Thinking of asking the tenant to move from your SFR to sell? Forget it! That is not considered "good cause"!
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#MayorGarcetti
-Your policies are hurting not just the landlords. In the long run they will hurt the tenants you are trying to protect. You have now been sued. Take a look at the lawsuit and try to comprehend the damage you are personally doing.
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#MayorGarcetti
, how many months are you going to allow rents to be deferred? Do tenants have any responsibility in this pandemic situation? Are landlords the only ones that have to shoulder the responsibility? Feel free to answer any of my questions when you have time.
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Breaking News! California Judicial Council agrees to end their Emergency Rules, effective Sept. 1, 2020. This would allow a summons to be issued and a default to be taken in an unlawful detainer action. In other words, evictions can finally proceed!
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Mayor Garcetti- June represents the 4th month that Landlords have not received rent. Do you really believe that you are doing justice to this group? Tenants get unemployment and federal grants. You give landlords empty promises that rent will be received after one year.
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UPDATE: The City was fining a landlord for failure to obtain a dog license, when the dog was owned by her tenant. The City has now realized their mistake and have withdrawn the fine levied against the landlord!
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Good News! If your property is NOT in the City of Los Angeles, we will be able to start a normal eviction for the April rent. There is no requirement to apply for the rent relief program. April will be the month that landlords can finally enforce their property rights.
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I am considering doing an open Zoom meeting every week where participants can have their landlord/tenant questions answered in a group forum. It should be entertaining just to listen. Any thoughts or suggestions?
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Today, Telemundo set up a phone bank to assist tenants in knowing their rights. How about assisting tenants to know their obligations? - Go Lakers!
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Please explain which tenants are currently impacted by COVID-19 and therefore have an inability to pay their rent. Your elected officials keep passing stricter eviction laws but businesses are wide open. Anyone can obtain employment at this time.
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My team just won another jury trial against the Basta law firm. The jury came back 12 to 0! Congrats to Attorney Rafael Azizyan.
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To say that tenants are taking advantage of the eviction moratorium, would be a complete understatement. Our elected officials have sanctioned "legal theft" from landlords. We are not heading towards socialism, we are there!
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#MayorGarcetti
when are you going to allow landlords to collect their rents. The State of California has already passed a comprehensive plan regarding a moratorium on evictions. Don't you think it is time to join LA County, Orange County, West Hollywood, Santa Monica?
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This is the difference. The Governor can close stores so retailers cannot work. At least their merchandise stays in the store. Landlords are forced to keep the store open and give the merchandise away for free.
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The City of Los Angeles refuses to follow the State's end of the eviction moratorium.
#Garcetti
, how long do you expect landlords to go without rent payments? We are currently at 20 months. I suggest your pay be stopped so that you can feel the pain as well.
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Tenant leases a house for $4200 per month in March. In April, he claims he cannot pay due to pandemic. Refuses to give any proof. Total abuse, caused by our elected officials.
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The Mayor and the City Council of LA created the harshest eviction moratorium for landlords. Then when CA creates a Rent Relief Program, the City closes down the program since April and now finally allows the State to adminster the program. These fools need to resign!
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Tenants who are not paying the rent are subleasing their units and keeping the collected rent.
#MayorGarcetti
please wake up! You are abusing property owners who pay property taxes
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Breaking News! The Los Angeles County Sheriff states that they will commence doing lockouts as of August 3, 2020.
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Another theft of property rights, as it appears that Measure ULA has passed in Los Angeles. It would impose a tax of 4% on real estate sales above $5 million and 5.5% on transactions above $10 million. This will only cause rents to raise. Good job to the voters in Los Angeles!
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In the crazy City of Los Angeles, if I rent a single for
$850 per month, I cannot bring forth an eviction unless 3 months' rent are owed. How can this be fair? The notice must ask for an amount which exceeds $1777, which means I must let the tenant sit for free for 90-days!
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So the City of Los Angeles is in bed with the
@latimes
giving them specific information as to which landlords are serving notices to their tenants. Isn't this clearly an evasion of privacy? Every landlord that was mentioned in this article needs to file suit immediately against…
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It was time to take a stand against this group. Hoping for justice to prevail.
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I have filed an appeal, and if successful, you will be able to proceed with evictions relating to unauthorized persons and pets in the City of Los Angeles. Courts are now interpreting that there is a total ban on these types of evictions.
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To the Mayor and City Council of Los Angeles:
Do you really think it is fair that landlords go without a rent increase for FOUR years? Have you heard about inflation? I am sure your salaries have increased.
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Happy to report that my excellent team won 2 jury trials today. Many landlords believe that they cannot win in front of a jury. This clearly has not been the experience of this law firm.
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OMG. Another LA Times article on how tenants are abused and facing eviction. What are you guys smoking? There are no evictions. Tenants are gaming the system and will live rent free for over 1 year! I am sure this makes the socialists happy.
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The City Council of Los Angeles is proposing spending $11.2 million on a tenant harassment protection program. Hey wake up! That money should be spent on a landlord harassment protection program. Landlords are the true victims with stolen rent and vandalism to their properly.
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The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Office has been taking an inordinate amount of time to perform lockouts. Landlords have waited over 3 years to enforce their property rights and finally have been allowed to commence evictions. But now, they are faced with additional untold losses…
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Now I have heard everything! During a lockout with the Sheriff's Dept. a tenant intentionally smashed her beehives so that the Sheriffs performing the lockout would be stung. She got evicted and also got arrested for assault.
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The City of Los Angeles has clearly instituted a policy for landlords to lose their eviction cases. This policy includes multiple requirements, which must be followed, or the case will be deemed fatally defective. This emboldens tenants to stop paying rent with little or no…
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It is official. The CPI for April 2021 is 3.6 %. If your property is subject to Statewide Rent Control, you may raise the rent a total of 8.6%. This is for Los Angeles and Orange County.
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If you do not support property rights, then you are on the side of anarchy. Enjoy the society you will create.
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The despicable
#AssemblymanDavidChiu
is again attempting to destroy our industry. He is now proposing to extend eviction protection for an additional year. This would allow tenants to avoid rent payments for TWO YEARS. Let's propose to stop his income for the same period.
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If you have served a 15 day notice to pay rent and the tenant has returned the declaration, 25% of that rent is due by 1/31/21. If not paid, an eviction can be brought. The tenant will also owe the full amount of rent on 2/1/21. Looks like you will be cleaning house in February.
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Our motion to end the Judicial Council's suspension of evictions has been filed! Our first hearing is set for May 21, 2020. To view the motion, or to assist with this cause, please visit:
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Let me get this straight. Landlords are to pay for water, trash and sewer services. They are to maintain the premises and repair all items. Of course, they need to pay their real estate taxes and mortgage payments. Yet, politicians are authorizing tenants to withhold rent.
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Maybe the Judicial Council reversed their illegal decision, based on the lawsuit that I filed. On September 2nd we will be able to serve tenants with evictions and proceed to file defaults. This is a major step in righting the wrong perpetrated on landlords.
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Attention Los Angeles City residential landlords!
If your property is subject to the Rent Stabilization Ordinance, you are entitled to a 10% rent increase for each additional person who moved in to your unit, even during the Covid period. You must serve your rent increase notice…
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The Cty of Los Angeles is going to increase protection for tenants who suffered on the basis of landlord harassment. Are you kidding me?! It is the landlords who need the protection. Theft of rent, damage to the property and harassment to landlords are common occurrences.
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Open Letter To
#MayorGarcetti
:
You have stolen income from landlords. In addition, your gross receipts tax on businesses is insane! Happy to report that I have bought an office building in the city of Burbank. This city treats businesses with respect. You just lost my revenue.
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Allowing tenants to repay rent after one year is a scam. This is just lost rent to landlords, sanctioned by our elected officials.
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Let's see, if landlords are forced out of business, then I guess the tenants will not have a place to live.
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Enough is enough. I am bringing suit against the Judicial Council for their enactment of Emergency Rules, which prevents landlords from initiating unlawful detainers. For more information, or if you would like to donate to this cause, click below:
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Governor Newsom advises to Vote No on Proposition 21! The first smart move he has made in office.
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A tenant is refusing to allow repairs, unless the landlord shows the license of the person who will be making these repairs. I advised my client to refuse the tenant's request. Tenants are obnoxious.
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@3Sentinel4
Tenants can now be behind one month's rent with no consequences. A total theft of property rights.
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There is no legal basis for the City of Los Angeles and unincorporated area of Los Angeles County to enforce a "threshold" amount, before a 3-day notice to pay rent can be served. This is pure theft.
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Our elected officials method of dealing with the pandemic is to place the burden on landlords. Our only way of defending ourselves is to file lawsuits.
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Please mark your calendars. This applies to all residential properties in the City of Los Angeles. If your tenants owe you rent for the period of Oct. 1, 2021 through Jan. 31, 2023, that rent will become due on Feb. 1, 2024. If rent is not paid, you may proceed with an eviction…
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Tenant refusing to pay his $2000 monthly rent, due to the virus. The actual facts are that he subleased the premises to another family for $2400! Hey all you malcontents, which landlord are you going to swipe against now?
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The totally incompetent City of LA has now realized that they cannot administer the Rent Relief Program. It has been closed for several months. The City has now turned the administration back to the State of CA. It will open as of Sept. 1st. Apply for your rent!
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Our Governor and the legislative band of thieves have now extended further protection to tenants. No relief for landlords in sight. Expect a Federal lawsuit. Details of the statute will be posted on my website in the next couple of days.
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