CASE STUDY

Bornstein Law successfully uses a forcible detainer action to secure an eviction judgment against an occupant who overstayed her welcome

When a tenancy is never established and the boarder is merely given a temporary place to stay, what recourse does the landlord have when the unwanted occupant refuses to leave?

When all else fails, a forcible detainer action can escort the inhabitant out of the rental unit.

This transition can be gut-wrenching if the person unlawfully occupying the premises is a close friend or family member, but when it is time to go, it is time to go. 

IN-DEPTH

Tenants may soon get a bigger megaphone to air out their concerns under an ordinance proposed by San Francisco lawmakers. 

We provide a 360-degree view and impart some advice in the eventuality that tenant organizations are formed and the landlord feels cornered by residents who express grievances.

From the desk of Daniel Bornstein

It's not quite back to business yet, but it feels like our office and the courts are returning to a semi-state of normalcy in managing landlord-tenant relationships after the long, dark winter of COVID. 

What we have now is a laboratory. The law is always cleaner on the page than in real life but now, emergency edicts and procedural rules relating to tenant protections are finally being digested and put to the test. 

With time to exhale after a deluge of developments, our community can slowly get back to the status quo. 

In San Francisco, it is up in the air whether no-fault evictions will move forward as judges interpret the law. Alameda County landlords are in a tough spot for nonpayment of rent cases but there are other means to transition tenants out of a rental unit as we explain in our recent case study. 

Thanks for your continued engagement. We've gotten this far together and let's plow forward in realizing the success of your real estate business.