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    California Tenants' Rights

    By Janet Portman and J. Scott Weaver

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    Protecting California tenants' rights since 1971!

    Many tenants have to deal with roommates who don't pull their weight, neighbors who routinely engage in illegal activities, landlords who don't know--or won't follow--national or state laws and local rent ordinances. Use this book to give you the information and tips you need to protect and assert your rights as a renter in California

    Find out how to:

  • understand and negotiate a lease
  • inspect a rental before moving in
  • fight discrimination
  • get needed repairs and maintenance
  • deal with a nosy landlord
  • break a lease with minimum fall-out
  • get your security deposit back
  • figure out rules for rent increases
  • fight an eviction

    This edition of California Tenants' Rights includes updated information on all key landlord-tenant laws and court cases in California, as well as local rent control ordinances in 14 California cities that have them. The new edition includes changes to important tenant eviction defense forms and procedures. It also includes information on tenant rights to sublet space through Airbnb and other short-term rental services.

    If you are not a California resident, check out Renter's Rights.
    • LanguageEnglish
    PublisherNOLO
    Release dateJun 8, 2016
    ISBN9781413322668
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    California Tenants' Rights
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    Janet Portman

    Janet Portman, an attorney and Nolo's executive editor, specializes in residential and commercial landlord/tenant law. She is the author or coauthor of Every Landlord's Legal Guide, Every Tenant's Legal Guide, Renters' Rights, Leases & Rental Agreements, The California Landlord's Law Book: Rights and Responsibilities, and others. Portman received undergraduate and graduate degrees from Stanford University and a law degree from Santa Clara University. As a practicing attorney, she specialized in criminal defense before joining Nolo.

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