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The Eviction Defense Kit available from this site will help you identify what your defenses are. Here are two which commonly arise under LA rent control which are not addressed in that Kit, because they are unique to LA rent control: (1) The landlord cannot change any term of your tenant without your voluntary, written agreement. [Voluntary means without coercion or threats] The landlord cannot make changes in your rental agreement, such as to : prohibit pets, take away parking spaces, swimming pool privileges, change the "rules," or manner of payment, for example, without your written consent. Further complications may arise where the former manager or landlord permitted something which had been prohibited in the rental agreement, or waived its application by not enforcing it, and now the new landlord or manager wants to enforce the original agreement. Landlords may approach you with a new rental agreement to sign -don't sign it, unless you plan to give up the rights you had before -you can negotiate and new agreement, getting things you want, as a trade-off. . This is a significant change in the law. Eviction for violation of a new term of tenancy that the landlord imposed on you may look legitimate, but it's not!
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