A recent amendment to the Los Angeles Municipal Code, Measure ULA, has greatly increased the real property transfer taxes for realty sold within the city. Properties owned and sold as tenants in common may help limit the...more
In response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, California Governor Gavin Newsom has issued two executive orders that place temporary restraints on the ability of landlords to evict residential tenants, authorize local...more
Tenants and landlords should consider whether certain provisions such as force majeure, frustration of purpose, and/or impracticability of performance can protect them under current leases—and whether to include such...more
4/1/2020
/ Contract Terms ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Crisis Management ,
Force Majeure Clause ,
Frustration of a Common Purpose ,
Impracticability ,
Landlords ,
Leases ,
Rent ,
Rental Property ,
Tenants