New Residential Fire Threats and Tenants’ Rights

New Residential Fire Threats and Tenants’ Rights

In 2022, we discussed tenants’ rights after there is a fire in an apartment or in the building.  In San Francisco, a Marina apartment fire, allegedly sparked by a hoarding situation, caused one death in 2025. In December 2025, a fire in a Tenderloin apartment building...
ARBITRATION IS WHAT COMES NEXT WHEN  MEDIATION FAILS.

ARBITRATION IS WHAT COMES NEXT WHEN MEDIATION FAILS.

It is not a good sign when you realize the home you purchased only a few months ago is literally taking on water after a period of serious rain. You discover the source of the problem is a runoff stream from your neighbor’s yard, an issue was not mentioned in the...