Legal Question in Real Estate Law in California

Re: Multiple leases in different states of USA.

If such a law exists, which I doubt, it is really obscure and lots of otherwise law-abiding people are violating it without knowing it.

Voting fraud, creditor or police dodging and tax evasion are illegal and sometimes multiple residences are used for such purposes, but in my opinion as long as your purposes are honest there is no prohibition or restriction on multiple residences, whether owned, rented or some combination thereof.

It would be a good idea to let both landlords involved know what is going on, to avoid misdirected mail, misunderstandings over the reason for the apparent move-out, etc.

Re: Multiple leases in different states of USA.

I'm not aware of any such law, and there shouldn't be problems, especially if everyone's aware of what's going on (he should let the California landlord know he's not "abandoning" his California apartment).

This should not affect his future tenancies, except that if the Oregon obligation continues, the California landlord would probably want to see sufficient income to cover all obligations.