A tenant’s guest shoots and kills someone at the rental property.
Another tenant threatens to behead the landlord.
And a third renter runs a prostitution ring out of the unit.
In each case, the landlord pursues an eviction, and each time, the judge says no.
These are just some of the eviction-worthy situations that have gone nowhere since April 6, when the California Judicial Council suspended virtually all unlawful-detainer proceedings in the state.
In the cases above, the landlords pointed to the Judicial Council’s exception for threats to health and safety.
The plaintiffs were still denied.
The justification? Rule 1 requires that a threat is ongoing, and a homicide is a one-time occurrence; threats of beheading can be handled through a restraining order; and a prostitution ring doesn’t pose a public safety risk.
These new laws are so poorly written the situation became insane. Have any of BP landlords tried to evict lately? How are we supposed to preserve peaceful, quiet enjoyment of rental communities without legal rights to evict? All this combined with short term rentals / airbnb becoming illegal in Los Angeles as of Nov 2019, makes me more and more inclined to give up on California and find market that's less tenant friendly.
