Legal Question in Landlord & Tenant Law in California

Nobody can speak to the City's Municipal Code, as you did not indicate which city you live in. However, I believe that the only rental agreement you have is the original. When the term of your lease expired, and you became a month-to-month tenant, as there was no new rental agreement signed, you are still a tenant under the terms of the old lease, but now on a month-to-month basis. The estoppel certificates did not create a new agreement. I would suggest discussing it with the City Housing Department (or whomever administers their rent control) as they will be the initial determiner of whether or not you have a lease, and if so, which lease controls.

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