California Landlord Friendly??

[Justin Koopmans]

Hello BP-California!

I'm a newbie from Utah planning on moving to California (northern) in the next few months and was planning on house hacking for my first purchase. But then........ my father (who is an experienced investor in Southern Utah) told me to be sure and see if California's laws are landlord or tenant friendly before I dive into the deep end. 

So what is y'all's experience with this? 

Is this something I should be concerned with? If I get a bunch of horror stories back I've also thought to live-in-flip instead, in which case I obviously would not be dealing with tenants haha. 

Lemme know :) Thanks a ton for your help!