San Jose, CA Duplexes - No cause evictions

[Brian Larson]

BP Community,

Can anyone share their experiences with 60-day no cause evictions for duplexes?  I have worked with larger apartment communities in the past but I need to confirm if there are any different rules that I might not be aware of in the case of duplexes.  Thanks.

[Kyle J.]

@Brian Larson  The info mentioned above by @Account Closed used to be correct, but with the recent passage of AB1482 unfortunately no longer is. If the tenants have lived in this duplex for 12 months or more, you'll now need "just cause" to evict them unless this is an owner-occupied duplex (i.e. you reside in the other unit).  

*Note that the law in the link provided above mentions that, in order to apply you need "all of the following", and the very first thing it lists after that is: "The dwelling or unit is alienable separate from the title to any other dwelling unit."  (This excludes duplexes.)

There are a few permissible reasons you can still do a "no fault" eviction, but they're very limited (i.e. owner intends to occupy the unit, withdrawal of the property from the rental market, you intend to demolish or substantially remodel the property, etc).

Here's a link with some more info that you might find helpful: https://cal-rha.org/legislative/ab-1482/