All Forum Posts by: Daniel Busby

Jeff, does pot still qualify as illegal in CA?  Federal law: yes.  CA law: no.  Is there precedence yet?  Not that I know of.

Domimic, I'll let you know what they say.

Thanks Dominic.  Great advice.  I've got a lawyer to talk to tomorrow.  I realize that my options were better last year.  

Let's be clear here.  My problem isn't pot, my problem is these tenants. If drug use is an effective way to evict them I'd love to look into it as an option.

Ray, I'm not following my tenant's closely.  I live next door to them.  (Owner-occupied).  They're bad tenants for a bunch of different reasons that I'm not going to get into.  But all of that isn't relevant to the question at hand.  If you don't know about CA evictions for drug use, please spare me the moralizations.

I will talk with a lawyer, but this is not what I want to hear!  Thanks for the fast responses, though.

I've got a 4-plex that my wife and I are owner occupying in Los Angeles.  For a dozen different reasons we want one of our tenants evicted, but of course tenant laws in LA are pretty strong.  However, we have a potential new development that can be a great way to evict them.  The guy came home last night and dropped something while he was opening his door and didn't notice.  I walked up and found a bag of weed.  I had long suspected that they smoked pot in their unit (can't hide that smell) but didn't have any concrete proof.  Their lease is very clear about illegal drugs use being a non-curable offense and cause for eviction.  But, this is California and recently recreational marijuana passed by voter proposition.  Am I still allowed to evict for their drug use, or is that basically nullified now that pot isn't considered illegal in California.  I'm going to reach out to a lawyer of course, but they won't be open until Monday, and I'm dying to know!