February 14, 2020 TENANCY PROTECTION ACT OF 2019 There has been significant research questioning the efficacy of rent control laws in maintaining affordable housing. Indeed, some studies have … Read Post
March 29, 2019 KEY ISSUES FOR COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE FINANCING Attorneys are often engaged to advise a party to a commercial real estate loan on certain key issues that are … Read Post
July 30, 2018 ENFORCING UNEXECUTED AGREEMENTS A contract involves an offer by one party and an acceptance of that offer by another party, and most commercial … Read Post
December 21, 2017 RESPONSIBILITY FOR DAMAGE OR INJURY IN COMMERCIAL LEASES AND THE ROLE OF INSURANCE One of the more controversial and confusing elements of a commercial lease negotiation involves the allocation of responsibility for negligence … Read Post
November 13, 2017 HOW TO SELL A 100% INTEREST IN A PROPERTY IN CALIFORNIA WITHOUT TRIGGERING REASSESSMENT UNDER PROPOSITION 13 On June 6, 1978 voters in California approved an amendment to the State Constitution to limit reassessments of property for … Read Post
September 8, 2017 POTENTIAL PROPERTY TAX SURPRISES IN CALIFORNIA Celebrated nationwide as a taxpayer revolution when adopted, California’s Proposition 13 changed the nature of the state’s revenues and resulted … Read Post
June 5, 2017 COMMERCIAL LEASES AND CONDITION OF THE PREMISES The standard American Industrial Real Estate Association multi-tenant commercial lease form, at Paragraph 2, contains certain express representations by the … Read Post
March 1, 2017 LANDLORD REMEDIES UPON TENANT DEFAULT This article contains a brief summary of remedies available to a commercial landlord upon a tenant’s default in payment or … Read Post
December 5, 2016 ASSIGNMENT AND SUBLETTING OF COMMERCIAL LEASES Consistent with the public policy favoring free alienability of property, absent any restrictions in a commercial lease, the tenant is … Read Post
September 6, 2016 LANDLORD LIABILITY FOR TENANT’S HAZARDOUS MATERIALS Most property owners in California are generally aware that Proposition 65 and certain other statutory schemes impose notice requirements on … Read Post
