In some jurisdictions, when a lease expires, your tenant becomes M2M by default - CA is a tenant friendly state.As a matter of fact, if you ask a tenant to leave without an unlawful detainer - assuming one is legally warranted - they are entitled to a relocation fee.https://hcidla.lacity.org/syst...To your success!

Meanwhile, people that abuse the system don't get punished at all. 

Turns out people don't pay rent when there is no punishment for it. 

Unlawful evictions will be dismissed with prejudice and may even subject the landlord to damages. 

Soon, in NYC, collecting rent will be a punishable offense. 

The attorney said that if I were to move his belongings out of the property or change the locks without going through all of the legal steps it would be an unlawful eviction - even though he had never submitted an application and wasn't on a lease.Obviously this was an extreme and unusual situation. 

The law make it unlawful to discriminate on the bases of race, color, religion, sex, and national origin, disability, and familial status."

Might use a pro next time unless I feel up for some punishment. 

Your client had been evicted and if he was on my property and if he was hurt, he was unlawfully trespassing.

If you have a written agreement that the tenant forfeits the deposit if they fail to give notice, then it may be enforceable, but I doubt it.Don't punish people for leaving on the date you agreed to.