Tenant not on lease, not paying, are they trespassing?

[Russell Gronsky]

Another CA sob story but after searching the forums, I find situations not exactly like mine so here goes.

This starts out same as other stories, I had a tenant on a lease, she moved out and left her daughter and her husband in my apartment. Turns out, they have been living illegally in my rental for a few months. 

Here is where it twists a little different than other stories I found in search: They have not been paying rent and now that the tenant who was on the lease moved out, they told me to pound sand and won't pay anything until they get evicted.

With the current corona situation, who knows when evictions will pick back up again.

So my question is this, since they never paid rent, never been on a lease and won't pay rent going forward, can I have them removed immediately as trespassers?

Thanks in advance.

[Todd Powell]

@Russell Gronsky. Hire 10 guys, show up and say they are all guests who will also hang out rent free. Make sure they are the scary type. What recourse will they have ? And tell them they have 12 hours to vacate. I cannot tolerate your story