Pasadena Measure H: Understanding Rent Control in 2023
Pasadena passed Resolution No. 9970 on December 22, 2022, certifying that voters approved the Pasadena Charter Amendment Initiative Petition Measure Imposing Rent Control, also known as Measure H. Measure H prevents landlords from raising rents unreasonably and evicting residents without reasonable cause. If you’re a landlord, you must understand how to navigate this measure with tenants […]
COVID-19 Renters Protection Ends January 31, 2023
As the COVID-19 pandemic impacts communities across the country, many renters have faced financial challenges that have made it difficult to pay their rent. To help alleviate this burden, the California government enacted a temporary eviction moratorium that protected eligible renters from being evicted for non-payment of rent. However, this protection is set to expire […]
New California Housing Laws, Landlords and Cannabis: What You Need to Know
California’s current housing crisis has been developing over decades. Recent bills passed by the state legislature and signed into law by Governor Gavin Newsom are aimed at tackling housing problems in the state. In these bills, reforms were made to landlord-tenant laws that clarify their rights and protections. What remains unclear is how landlords can […]
Why You Need a Real Estate Attorney For Neighbor Disputes
If you have neighbors, then you have the potential for neighbor disputes. Neighbor disputes are disagreements between neighbors over issues such as lot lines, noisy neighbors, problems with parking spaces, and bothersome pets digging outside their owner’s yard. They are common among private and commercial property owners. Neighbor disputes can be settled without legal action, […]
What is a California Partition Action?
If you co-own property with one or more other parties, there may come a time when one of you wants to sell, while the others prefer to hold on to the property. The law protects you in this case, with the California Partition Action. Working with a law firm experienced with filing a partition action, […]
Court Determines Applicable Statute of Limitations for Quiet Title Action
Plaintiffs owned a commercial property and have used it for their own businesses and also have had tenants that have paid them rent. In January of 2005 a deed of trust, and absolute assignment of rents which were signed in December of 2004, were recorded in the Kern County Recorders office. The deed of trust […]
Why Tenancy In Common Agreements Should be Specific
Agreements must be drafted specifically and if they are not, relief cannot be granted in the manner that the parties thought should have occurred. In Leg Investments v. Boxler, the California Court of Appeals found that a tenancy in common agreement should have been specific In 1976 Carl and Judith Bumpass and the Boxler family purchased […]
Removing an Expired Mechanics Lien
A contractor who files a mechanics lien on a property generally only has 90 days to foreclose upon it from the time a contractor records the mechanics lien on the property. If a contractor fails to foreclose on the mechanics lien during that period, the mechanics lien expires. Often times, a mechanics lien is still […]
Five Items Needed By Singles in Estate Planning
Interestingly enough, for the first time in the United States, there are more people who are single than married. A common misconception that typically singles make is that they do not need to plan their estates until they are married or sometime in the future. Everyone should have some type of estate planning done as […]
Five Costly Mistakes in Estate Planning to Avoid
In the late 1990’s it was estimated that about only sixty one percent of Americans, fifty five years or older had a will or trust established. Recently that number has surprisingly declined to about fifty four percent of Americans having a will or trust in place. Some may have a misconception that not creating a […]