California tenants' rights
By: by Janet Portman & David Brown
Contributors: Brown, David
Edition: 18th ed. [updated].
Publisher: Nolo; NOLO
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Berkeley, CA
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781413309362
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Some general things you should know; title: Who is your landlord?; title: Renters' tax credit; title: Lawyers; title: Typing services; title: Legal research; title: Mediation; title: Looking for a place and renting it; title: Get organized; title: Learn about rental agreements; title: Fees and deposits; title: Rental applications and credit reports; title: How landlords must handle your credit information; title: How to check a place over; title: How to bargain for the best deal; title: Get all promises in writing; title: The landlord-tenant checklist; title: Your responsibilities as a tenant; title: Cosigning leases; title: Sharing a home; title: Is it legal to live together?; title: The legal obligations of roommates to the landlord; title: The legal obligations of roommates to each other; title: Having a friend move in; title: Guests; title: All about rent; title: When is rent due?; title: Late charges; title: Partial rent Payments 57   Rent Increases 57   Rent Increase Notices 58   Rent Control and Eviction?Protection 60   General Types of Rent control laws; title: Rent control board hearings; title: What to do if the landlord violates rent control rules; title: Rent control laws; title: Discrimination   forbidden types of discrimination; title: Legal reasons to discriminate; title: How to tell if a landlord is discriminating; title: What to do about discrimination; title: Sexual harassment by landlords or managers; title: The obnoxious landlord and your right to privacy; title: Your landlord's right of entry; title: What to do about a landlord's improper entry; title: Other types of invasions of privacy; title: Major repairs & maintenance   your basic right to livable premises; title: Your repair and maintenance responsibilities; title: Agreeing to be responsible for repairs; title: How to get action from your landlord : the light touch; title: What to do if the landlord won't make repairs; title: Minor repairs & maintenance; title: Minor repairs : what are they?; title: The landlord's responsibilities; title: Agreeing to do maintenance; title: Getting the landlord to make minor repairs; title: Making minor repairs yourself; title: Alterations & satellite dishes improvements that become part of the property; title: Improving your rental without enriching your landlord; title: Cable tv access; title: Satellite dishes and other antennas; title: Injuries on the premises; title: What to do if you're injured; title: Is the landlord liable?; title: If you're at fault, too; title: How much money you're etitled to; title: Environmental hazards asbestos; title: Lead; title: Radon; title: Carbon monoxide; title: Mold; title: Crime on the premises; title: The landlord's basic duty to keep you safe; title: Problems with other tenants; title: Illegal activity on the property and nearby; title: Getting results from the landlord; title: Protecting yourself; title: Breaking a lease, subleasing, and other leasing problems; title: What happens when the lease runs out; title: Subleases and assignments; title: Subleasing and returning later; title: How to break a lease; title: Belongings you leave behind; title: Security deposits and last month's rent; title: Amount of deposit; title: Nonrefundable deposits; title: What the deposits may be used for; title: Landlord's duty to return deposit; title: Effect of sale of premises on security deposits; title: May the landlord increase the security deposit?; title: Avoiding deposit problems; title: When the landlord won't return your deposit; title: Rent withholding as a way to get deposits back in advance; title: Interest on security deposits; title: Last month's rent; title: When your landlord demands more money; title: Evictions; title: Illegal self-help evictions; title: Illegal retaliatory evictions; title: Overview of eviction procedure; title: Tenancy termination notices; title: Your options after a three-day or 30-, 60-, or 90-day notice is served; title: The eviction lawsuit; title: Stopping an eviction; title: Postponing an eviction; title: Appeal from an eviction; title: After the lawsuit-eviction by the sheriff or marshal; title: Tenants acting together; title: Tenant organizing; title: Setting up a tenants' organization; title: Getting information on the landlord; title: Tactics; title: Negotiations; title: Collective bargaining agreement; title: Renter's insurance; title: Condominium conversion; title: Legal protection for tenants; title: Changing the law.