Legal Question in Real Estate Law in California

Re: Privacy Wall

You could argue that the landlord has an obligation to mitigate this intrusion into your privacy (i.e., quiet and peaceful enjoyment of the property you are leasing), but unless you have a long term lease (under which the landlord cannot simply terminate your tenancy), you have to balance pushing this too far with what can you personally do to mitigate the problem. You are almost certainly entitled to some mitigation efforts, but without a long-term lease, remember that the landlord can terminate your tenancy on 30 or 60 days notice and does not have to have any reason for doing so. Again, you could argue that it is retaliatory eviction, but all of that requires going to court. I always advise tenants to push their rights right up to the point where you make your landlord angry enough to evict you. Going any further is just inviting unneeded expense and time of litigation.

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