Domestic Violence Eviction?

[Brennen Thompson]

Hey guys!

A friend and I are houshacking in LA and have recently been thrown into an unusual situation.

We bought a duplex last December with inherited tenants and currently live on the other side. For some further context, up until this point, we’ve had no issues with these tenants and they’ve been in the unit for roughly 8 years.

Earlier this morning, there was a domestic disturbance in our tenants unit in which one of the tenants on the lease will be moving out. The other tenant plans on staying (the one that will be going to jail) which brings me to my question:

Given that domestic abuse is not something that we want happening on our property, we were wondering if this gives us any ground to evict? We don’t have anything in the lease covering this issue, but given the severity of the problem we’re thinking there might be a work around here. If so, we planned on having a discussion to work something out with the tenant and would only like to involve our lawyers if absolutely necessary.

Any help/advice here would be greatly appreciated!