Legal Question in Real Estate Law in California

Re: Tenant

You have not supplied enough information. What does your lease say, the CC&R's, any signage in the alley, is it clear that you would be blocking others by parking their, are you covered by local rent control/eviction control laws, etc. Guessing at what these documents state, yes you can because alleys normally are not for parking. That you have done it only a few times does not really matter; doing it 1-2 times might, but you imply that it is your habit to do it fairly often. See if you can work out a compromise with your landlord; if you pay the rent on time and otherwise are a good tenant, promise that you will voluntarily leave [if apologizing and promising not to do it again is insufficient]if you do it again and that it will be an expensive to him to have the place vacant until he finds a new renter who may be a bad tenant.