For at least some locations, including the San Francisco Bay Area, Gen Y tenants are currently flooding the rental market and increasing competition among tenants. More prospective tenants is obviously great news for landlords, but they still have to select wisely from among applicants. Here are some suggestions to help landlords identify the perfect tenant, or [...]
Filed under: Legal Topics, Real property | Tagged: landlords, tenants, tenancy, screening, fair housing laws | Leave a Comment »
Apparently the saying used by frustrated parents applies to statutes: “I brought you into this world and I can take you out.” The California Supreme Court has upheld recent legislation that dissolved California’s redevelopment agencies (RDAs) that were originally created by the legislature. The court also struck down the alternative legislative scheme that would have [...]
Filed under: Business, Legal Topics, Public Law, Real property | Tagged: Motosantos, redevelopment agencies | Leave a Comment »
The new year will bring another category of prohibited discrimination in California — discrimination based on genetic information will no longer be legal.
Filed under: Business, Employment Law, Legal Topics, New Legal Developments, Real property | Tagged: discrimination, Fair Employment and Housing Act, genetic information, SB 559, Unruh Act | 1 Comment »
Question: Can a landlord enter a rented premises when the tenant below complains of water dripping from the ceiling?
Filed under: Real property | Tagged: landlords, tenants | 1 Comment »
Beleaguered property owners all too frequently wonder: Should I let the bank foreclose my loan or should I try to complete a short sale? In many cases, borrowers will be better served by a short sale than a foreclosure.
Filed under: Legal Topics, Real property | Tagged: banks, debt, foreclosure, property owners, real property, short sales, underwater properties | 2 Comments »
The late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs was known to be a very private person, and it appears that he has taken steps to preserve his privacy even in death. As do many entertainers and wealthy people, it appears that Jobs took advantage of California revocable trusts to prevent the publicity involved in probate.
Filed under: Elder Law, Estate Planning, Legal Topics, Real property | Tagged: death, drafting recovable trust, estate, privacy, probate, property, revocable trust, Steve Jobs, trust | Comments Off
Many condo complexes and buildings are governed by owner-members of the community. These folks often have little or no legal background and can get themselves into trouble when they get sued for personal injury or property damage within the development. To avoid having to unravel a disaster, counsel for these developments should arm the association management with [...]
Filed under: Civil Litigation, Legal Topics, Real property, Tort Law | Tagged: claims, common interest communities, condominium, homeowners' association | Comments Off
The following is a guest blog post by Marianne Dellinger, a law professor at Western State University College of Law. Heat waves. Droughts. Wildfires. Wildly varying snow packs and weather patterns. These are all too familiar, especially in California, but are they the effects of global climate change? And if so, are they a “public nuisance” [...]
Filed under: Business, Civil Litigation, Legal Topics, New Legal Developments, Real property | Tagged: AB 32, EPA, global climate change, global warming, greenhouse gasses, nuisance | Comments Off
The following is from guest blogger Helen Leah Conroy, an Internet and commercial transaction lawyer who since 2001 has built a successful small firm practice. Everyone uses e-mail in business and legal negotiations these days. What makes e-mail so convenient, however, also makes it dangerous. Here are six lessons you don’t want to learn the [...]
Filed under: Business, Civil Litigation, Practice of Law, Real property | Tagged: email, negotiation, negotiation team, trap | 1 Comment »
