Legal Question in Landlord & Tenant Law in California

Unless your lease requires notice that you will not renew, or extend month-to-month, you do not have to give any notice that you will be vacating at the end of the lease. It is common, however, for a lease to have express provisions for it to convert to month-to-month at the end of the term and requiring notice if you do not intend to stay past the end of the term. You have to abide by the terms of the lease in that regard. I can't imagine (and it would probably not be legal), however, to have a term that you cannot give earlier notice than required. Also, even if not required, it's a good idea to give sufficient notice and a demand for the landlord to do a walk-through with you and identify anything that needs to be repaired or cleaned in order to get your deposit back. The landlord is required to do that if you give adequate notice.

I agree with Mr. McCormick.