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The Dreadful Proposition 98
If Proposition 98 passes, rent control and all of the most essential tenant protections in cities across California will be no more! A landlord will no longer have to have a "just cause" or "good cause" to evict a tenant. Landlords will be able to serve any tenant with a 30 Day Notice and unless the Notice is served for a retaliatory or discriminatory purpose, the tenants will likely have no viable defense!

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Affirmative Damages Cases
We primarily sue landlords throughout the Bay Area for breaching their duties, including failure to provide a habitable/livable unit, wrongful eviction (see below), retaliation, discrimination, harassment, breach of contract, nuisance (includes mold/lead paint), interference with quiet use and enjoyment, fraud, personal injuries (see below) and claims for any other violations of the law by a landlord.

Wrongful Eviction Cases
We defend tenants from improper evictions by landlords (mostly San Francisco, Berkeley and Oakland), and sue the landlords for fraudulent/bad faith owner move-ins, Ellis Act evictions, nuisance, bad faith capital improvement evictions, and breach of lease evictions.

Personal Injury Cases
We sue landlords for injuries at rental properties and we also litigate most other types of personal injuries incurred, including car accidents and other cases involving negligent parties causing people to get hurt and property to be damaged.