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The following, from Tenant.net, the "online resource for
residential tenants", cites the following "eleven legal
reasons for eviction" in the L.A. City Housing Law:
"A landlord may bring an action to recover possession of a
rental unit only upon one of the following reasons":
1. The tenant has failed to pay the rent to which the
landlord is entitled.
2. The tenant has violated a lawful obligation or covenant
of the tenancy, other than the obligation to surrender
possession upon proper notice, and has failed to cure such
violation after having received written notice thereof from
the landlord.
3. The tenant is committing or permitting to exist a nuisance
in or is causing damage to the rental unit or to the
appurtenances thereof, or to the common areas of the complex
containing the rental unit, or is creating an unreasonable
interference with the comfort, safety, or enjoyment of any
of the other residents of the same or adjacent buildings.
[Your landlord may argue that your behavior constitutes a
violation of this regulation, especially if there have been
complaints from other residents.]
4. The tenant is using or permitting a rental unit to be used
for any illegal purpose.
5. The tenant, who had a written lease or rental agreement
which terminated on or after the effective date of this
chapter, has refused, after a written request or demand
by the landlord to execute a written extension or renewal
thereof for a further term of like duration with similar
provisions and in such terms as are not inconsistent with
or violate of any provision of this Chapter or any other
provision of law.
6. The tenant has refused the landlord reasonable access to
the unit for the purpose of making repairs or improvements,
or for the purpose of inspection as permitted or required
by the lease or by law, or for the purpose of showing the
rental unit to a prospective purchaser or mortgagee.
7. The person in possession of the rental unit at the end of
a lease term is a subtenant not approved by the landlord.
8. The landlord seeks in good faith to recover possession of
the rental unit for the use and occupancy by the landlord,
or the landlord's spouse, children, or parents, provided
the landlord is a natural person, or for a resident manager.
9. The landlord seeks in good faith to recover possession so
as to demolish, or perform other work on the building or
buildings housing the rental unit or units and such work
costs not less than the product of $10,000 times the number
of units to be rehabilitated and such work necessitates the
removal of the rental unit or units from rental housing use
for not less than 45 days, except that if the landlord seeks
to recover possession for the purpose of converting the unit
into a condominium, cooperative, or communitive apartment.
10. The landlord seeks in good faith to recover possession in
order to remove the rental unit permanently from rental
housing use.
11. The landlord seeks in good faith to recover possession
of the rental unit in order to comply with a governmental
agency's order to vacate the building housing the rental
unit as a result of a violation of the Los Angeles Municipal
Code or any other provision of law.
http://www.tenant.net/Other_Areas/Calif/losangel/evic.html
The requirements for the eviction process are described on
this page, about 'Renter's Rights', on the same site:
"The Eviction Process"
There are five steps to the eviction process:
1. You receive a written notice from the landlord asking
you to move.
2. If you don't move, your landlord files a lawsuit called
an "unlawful detainer." In most cases you have only five
days to respond.
3. You and your landlord go to court and explain your stories
to a judge or jury.
4. There is a court decision.
5. If you lose your case, you most move. If you don't move,
the landlord is granted a "writ of possession." Five days
after the sheriff has delivered a notice to you or posted
it on your door, the sheriff can evict you if you do not
voluntarily move out. This is the only way the landlord
can have you physically removed from the property.
Further elaboration of each of these steps is available on
the source page:
http://www.tenant.net/Other_Areas/Calif/misc/tenant.html
With regard to 'written notice', there are different
guidelines for the different lengths of notice:
"Written Notice"
A landlord can give several types of written notice.
Usually written notice must be given at least 30 days
in advance, yet in certain circumstances, three days'
notice is all that's required.
A three-day notice is given in such cases as when you
have not paid the rent, have destroyed or damaged the
property, or have violated the rules or regulations of
the lease or rental agreement. A three-day notice must
state why you are being asked to leave, and if the
problem is correctable, what you must do to stay. If
you correct the problem or if the landlord changes
his/her mind and agrees to overlook the problem, the
three-day notice is cancelled (and the lease or rental
agreement continues in effect) and you do not have to
move. (Sec. 1161 of CCP - Code of Civil Procedure)
A 30-day notice is given if the landlord simply wants
to end the rental agreement -- the landlord does not
need to give a reason unless you live in a federal or
state subsidized housing development. Generally a lease
relationship cannot be ended by a 30-day notice.
(Sec. 1946 of CC) A 30-day notice is required if your
place has been involuntarily sold (for example, at a
judgment or foreclosure sale), unless you have a rental
period that is shorter than one month (such as a week to
week rental, in which case you need to be given only
seven days' advance notice). However, if your landlord
voluntarily sold your place, the new landlord assumes
the same terms and conditions (for example, the rental
agreement or lease) which you had with the previous
landlord. (Sec. 1161a of CCP)
http://www.tenant.net/Other_Areas/Calif/misc/tenant.html
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