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SB 1103: What California Landlords and Tenants Need to Know

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Senate Bill 1103, which took effect on January 1, 2025, amends sections 827, 1632, 1946.1, and 1950.9 of the California Civil Code. This legislation grants new lease protections to “qualified commercial tenants.”...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Landlord’s Acceptance of Rent After Notice to Terminate Expires Dooms California Unlawful Detainer Claim

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After serving a 30-day notice to terminate a commercial lease and filing an unlawful detainer case, a landlord continued to bill a tenant for rent and common area maintenance (CAM) fees, and unconditionally accepted rent...more

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Commercial Property Owners And Sb 1103: New Consumer-Type Protections For “Qualified Commercial Tenants” In Non-Residential...

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On September 30, 2024, Governor Newsom signed into law Senate Bill 1103, an unprecedented legislative measure affecting non-residential landlords’ transactions with a broadly defined class of “qualified commercial tenants.”...more

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Commercial Property Owners, Brokers and Property Managers Beware: California’s Commercial Tenant Protection Act Goes Into Effect...

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California law has long treated commercial and residential tenancies differently. Consumer protection-focused regulations enacted to protect residential tenants were legally considered inapplicable to business tenants which...more

Stoel Rives LLP

California Expands Residential Tenant Protections to Certain Small Commercial Tenants

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On September 30, 2024, Governor Newsom approved California Senate Bill No. 1103, which extends certain rights previously reserved for residential tenants to “qualified commercial tenants,” which includes any tenant that is...more

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New Tenant Protections for Small Businesses and Nonprofits in California

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Beginning Jan. 1, 2025, California commercial property owners will have to contend with new (and expanded) tenant protections for any small business or nonprofit that is a “qualified commercial tenant” under SB 1103. More...more

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New Court Ruling Pokes Holes in Contractual Limitation of Liability Language in Commercial Leases

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Creating certainty in the inherent uncertainty of the future is the name of the game when it comes to drafting commercial leases. When courts overrule provisions that the parties to the lease have agreed upon, however, that...more

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Strict Compliance With Statutory Conditions: Another Challenge For California Landlords In The Eviction Process

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The long moratorium on most evictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as the de facto shutdown of the court system for civil matters, caused most California landlords to defer unlawful detainer and related...more

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