Legal Question in Landlord & Tenant Law in California

You cannot unilaterally reduce your rent. You can contact the landlord, and explain that with the removal of the room, your apartment is now a studio, and you should be paying less rent. S/He will almost certainly balk, and tell you about how you are paying less-than you should be given how long you have lived there, and if you cannot reach an agreement, your rights are to move, or keep paying the rent your landlord demands. Your occupancy is a month-to-month tenancy, so you have no legal expectation to remain in the property for anything more than 30 days at a time. The landlord can, therefore, change the terms of your tenancy on 30 days notice. This is a very unique situation, but there is no question that if you don't like what the landlord is willing to offer you now, he can give you a 60 day notice (it's sixty days because you have lived there more than 1 year), and you will be forced to move. Becuase you have no legal expectation to live there for anything more than 30 days at a time, you really don't have much, if any damages as a result of the landlord's actions. He could have just as easily give you notice and moved you out entirely.

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