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Re:San Francisco, Silicon Valley rents plunge amid downturn by marcell on Monday June 01, 2020 @02:54PM (#23382259)
Umm... while they can't withhold your security deposit, squatting someone's in-law unit is obviously immoral. It's not your property, if they want it back, you have to move. Holding them hostage for $10k is scummy.
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Re:San Francisco, Silicon Valley rents plunge amid downturn by flmlta on Tuesday June 02, 2020 @10:16AM (#23391229)
If you don't to give up some of your rights to others over some property, don't rent it out.

California isn't a feudal society, yet.

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Re:San Francisco, Silicon Valley rents plunge amid downturn by TheCoelacanth on Monday June 01, 2020 @08:08PM (#23385638)
It's not squatting. They are tenants and have rights to the property as well. The landlord can get them out, but has to follow the legal process.
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Re:San Francisco, Silicon Valley rents plunge amid downturn by marcell on Tuesday June 02, 2020 @03:04PM (#23394858)
The GP didn’t mention a lease so I assumed it was month to month, in which case the landlord terminated the lease and the renter moves out.

If they had a longer lease, then I’d agree the landlord can’t force them out before the lease ends.

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Re:San Francisco, Silicon Valley rents plunge amid downturn by fiter on Tuesday June 02, 2020 @06:34PM (#23397256)
Rent control throws a wrench in this simple model. In Berkeley, the tenant almost exclusively has the right to terminate the tenancy. Expiration of lease or month-to-month term is not actually grounds for the owner to terminate the tenancy.
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