Legal Question in Landlord & Tenant Law in California

Re: The owner

It depends on why they are trying to kick you out, and a number of other factors. If the landlord has simply decided that s/he wants to terminate your tenancy (s/he doesn't need a reason unless you have a lease with a term remaining), then all s/he needs to do is properly service you with a 60 day notice, or a 30 day notice if you have lived in the property less than 1 year. If you have a term left on a written lease with the landlord, then they can only evict you for violation of that lease, generally for non-payment of rent. Whether you have a lease or not, if you haven't paid the rent, then the landlord need only properly serve you with a three day notice to pay rent or quit (unless the lease provides for a different length notice), and if you don't pay or leave within three days, then you will be evicted. Finally, you can be evicted with no notice if you are what is referred to as a tenant-at-sufferance. This is too complex to cover here, but think in terms of squatters, or people who have no legal basis to be in the apartment whatsoever.

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