My client, a father and his five-year-old son, were both forced into homelessness. All because a landlord improperly removed this man’s belongings from his home. And they admitted it. This is what happened to one tenant. Remember, the details of your situation could...
As I wrote in the blog “The Case of the Winning Defendant,” court opinions can have lots of drama like reality television. A recent case, about a tenant who changed his mind, has plenty of drama. It also has good lessons for other tenants. What is a court opinion?...
There’s a battle ahead. And it’s already started. The first strike occurred on February 17, when California Assembly Members David Chiu (Democrat-San Francisco), Rob Bonta (Democrat-Alameda), and Richard Bloom (Democrat-Santa Monica) introduced a bill to repeal the...
Last Wednesday, at the San Francisco Lawyers Club Inn of Courts Supreme Court luncheon, I was honored to introduce the Chief Justice of California. As the Chief Justice of the California Supreme Court, she influences how laws are interpreted. As I wrote in an earlier...
Richmond’s rent control is under attack by the California Apartment Association. The first strike came on January 6th, when the California Apartment Association filed a lawsuit against the City of Richmond over the rent control measure, which went into effect this...
