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Screen Smart, Rent Safer: Best Practices for Tenant Screening in 2026 by Daniel Bornstein, Esq.

Property Management

It’s become increasingly challenging for housing providers to attract desirable tenants while balancing risk management, legal compliance, and fair housing protections. These practices are especially important in the new year as California continues tightening rules around fees, disclosures, and discrimination.    The greatest predictor of dysfunction in a rental relationship is prior dysfunction, yet prospective…

Property Management Groups Sue City! Judge Sides with Landlords Over Tenant Screening Cap Flap: By John Triplett

Landlord/Tenant Law, Magazine Articles

An Oregon judge has sided with landlords over the city of Eugene’s attempt to cap tenant screening fees at ten dollars ($10), according to reports. Two property management groups had sued the city over a city-imposed ten dollar ($10) cap on rental applicant screening fees. Thorin Properties and Jennings Group, Inc., charged in the lawsuit that…

Unlawful Discrimination Based on Criminal Records – By Dale Alberstone, Esq.

Magazine Articles

Hello everybody.  AOA members may recall my discussion of age discrimination in the February 2015 issue of this magazine entitled “Discrimination Against Children: Traps and Pitfalls.”  As I explained in that article, there are two types of age discrimination under California law:  those acts that intentionally discriminate and those which have an adverse disparate impact…

Tenant Screening : A Landlord’s Guide to Serenity – By Stephen C. Duringer, Esq.

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Proper tenant screening is one of the most important things that you can do to preserve and protect your investment.  Additionally, weeding out the ne’er do wells before they become your problem tenants will certainly provide peace, tranquility and balance in your personal life.  This article will provide you with the knowledge and tools necessary…

California Landlord Legal Questions

Legal Q & A by Franco Simone, Esq.

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Below are questions asked by rental property owners regarding California property management, followed by answers provided by the law firm of Simone and Blevins. Q: I own a single-family home in Pacific Beach and I recently accepted a tenant with a Section 8 housing voucher. This tenant has a lease until December 2024. I do…

Legal Q & A By-Franco Simone

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Q: I am advertising my single-family residence for rent. I received an inquiry from an interested woman asking if I accept section 8 tenants. Can I refuse to rent to tenants that have section 8 vouchers? A: No, effective January 1, 2020, landlords with properties in the state of California cannot refuse to rent to…

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Cooling Requirement Coming to Unincorporated L.A. County Beginning January 1, 2027, landlords in Unincorporated LA County will be required to provide cooling capable of keeping rentals at or below 82 degrees. The ordinance establishes cooling as a housing standard alongside long-standing requirements for heat and hot water. This does NOT automatically require landlords to provide…