On March 27th, Governor Newsom issued a statewide Order related to evictions. Although this Order has been described as a moratorium on evictions, it is not. The Order only applies to evictions for non-payment of rent, and even then only applies if the tenant meets certain strict requirement. For this limited set of evictions, the […]
What are typical grounds for wrongful eviction?
Different Bay Area cities have different eviction protections. San Francisco, Oakland and Berkeley provide for more eviction protection than many other communities, resulting in more cases of wrongful eviction. For example, San Francisco has 16 just causes for eviction, and if a landlord evicts you without having one of those just causes, that landlord has […]