Ending a lease during Covid in California

[Tecora White]

I inherited a piece of property and am an out-of-state landlord using a property manager.

The PM has allowed the tenants to break the rules of the lease in various ways. We are now coming to the end of the lease term and I have decided not to renew the lease and move back into the home. The PM is trying to convince me that 30-day notice that is given at the end of a lease term no longer exists in California. She sent out a “Notice to Vacate” which opens another can of worms.

Can I now personally deliver a 30-day notice to remedy the PM’s error? She insists that she has to do it her way.

I am not trying to evict the tenants. The lease expires at the end of September. I just want them to know I am not renewing. They have not had any nonpayment due to Covid. Nor have I received any documentation that they have been adversely affected by Covid.