With the San Francisco Bay Area long one of the most desirable areas in the country to live in and apartments in short supply for a variety of reasons, there is little surprise that rents in the region would be among the highest in the nation. But a report released…
Rents continue to climb throughout the San Francisco area. As affordable housing becomes a scarce commodity, many renters feel like they are at their landlord’s mercy. However, there are laws that protect renters from unfair business practices and our San Francisco tenant’s law firm works to help renters enforce their…
In the scheme of things, a fine or a single building code violation leveled against a landlord may not seem to be mean much to the layman, and there are plenty of responsible property owners who will properly attend to remediating the cause of the fine or violation. However, as…
Theatergoers typically flock to their favorite venues on weekends, and last weekend would be no exception with summer blockbusters available for viewing. However, last weekend was also the first one on which a theater in Lodi that had allegedly been infested with bedbugs was open for business again. And San…
The implied warranty of habitability is a core principle of landlord-tenant law in California, and it gives every tenant the right to a habitable rental unit, which includes protection from weather, working plumbing and electricity, appropriate garbage receptacles, a unit free of rodents and other vermin, etc. And San Francisco…
As the official onset of summer fast approaches, the season in which a small yet very nasty and hard-to-eradicate pest – the bedbug – tends to thrive is around the corner. So with bedbug season upon us, San Francisco landlord-tenant law attorney Gregory J. Brod has taken note of a…
The problem of finding affordable housing in San Francisco has been a longstanding one, and as rents have skyrocketed in the city the ability of tenants to remain in their homes has become an increasingly salient issue as well. And as property values have gone up, so too has the…
Our San Francisco tenant’s law firm believes that all San Francisco’s residents, whether they own or rent and whether they are very rich or struggling to make ends meet, deserve a safe and habitable residence. A lawsuit currently pending in San Francisco Superior Court and discussed in a San Francisco…
It’s a frightening opponent, a colorless and odorless gas that can kill people in their sleep – carbon monoxide. Our San Francisco carbon monoxide poisoning lawyer knows that exposure to this potent gas can be the result of shoddy construction or repair work, a faulty appliance, or other forms of…
We’ve always had a fondness for the underdog. Perhaps this is part of the reason we are so committed to helping Northern California tenants, people who often feel like they are at the mercy of landlord. Often, relocating as a renter is a challenge because landlords, understandably, require a security…