Bourgette's situation is part of a broader dispute at 388 Roncesvalles Avenue, where tenants are at odds with the building's owners over eviction notices and the future of the property.
A landlord has a legal duty to make appropriate repairs and to do so promptly once notified. The rules governing landlord entry into a rental unit are stated in California Civil Code Section 1954. This statute says that a landlord may enter only during normal business hours and only for a legitimate reason, which includes repairs, and only after giving 24 hours written notice to the tenant.
The fair housing statutes protect tenants' right to live in a rental property without interference or discrimination, regardless of their national origin. In our diverse society, these protections require housing providers to tolerate differences in culture and practices arising from the national backgrounds of their residents.
The city is our landlord, the mayor is our landlord, we are his tenants so why are we not included? I feel like it's completely unrealistic and it's unfair to have us live in this inhumane condition and we are not invited.
California Code of Civil Procedure Section 1161(2) limits the amount of past-due rent that can be collected with to a three-day notice to rent that was unpaid no more than one year before the notice. Since the total amount in the notice included unpaid rent from two years earlier, the entire notice is invalid and cannot be used as the basis for a subsequent unlawful detainer action seeking your eviction.
Insult has been added to injury for the estimated 200 people who were displaced by Monday morning's apartment fire in Oakland's Uptown, after their landlord issued them all eviction letters. You may recall the early morning apartment fire in Oakland's Uptown neighborhood at 19th Street and Broadway on Monday of this week, which also damaged the ground-floor Dope Era clothing store owned by local hip-hop icon Mistah F.A.B.
They took over $2000 in Christmas items. They took advent calendars, built bear kits, they took gifts and presents that were purchased for friends and family members, It's a violation of privacy. Second of all, with Mr. Lee being physically handicapped and suffering mental health illnesses, it made him fearful, The ones we are getting is that he is coming into people's houses, stealing stuff and the rent is going up and going down,
Most tenants told me they got nothing. In fact, they've had services removed," said Morrow. CBC Toronto has reached out to Westbury for comment on this case but has not yet heard back from the company. In its application, Westbury maintains it's added a new boiler and hot water system, among other things. Wendy Morrow, with the Federation of Metro Tenants Associations, suggests tenants take the time to go through all the documents presented at their board hearing well beforehand.
A home in Oakland where tenants are allegedly being threatened with immigration enforcement by their landlord on Nov. 12, 2025. The East Oakland residents said their Bay Area-based landlord began a months-long harassment campaign over their immigration status after they rejected his buy-out offer. Tenants in East Oakland are suing their landlord, who they said threatened them with immigration enforcement to force them out of their homes.
