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For many Los Angeles housing providers, utility cost allocation is a routine part of property operations. In older multifamily buildings where individual utility meters are unavailable, Ratio Utility Billing Systems (“RUBS”) have become a common method of allocating shared utility expenses among residents. That long-standing practice recently became the subject of discussion…

Habitability claims in Los Angeles are filed more frequently, more strategically, and with more sophistication than most landlords anticipate. The right habitability defense attorney for landlords does not manage these claims reactively. They build a position that makes the claim difficult to sustain before it is ever filed. The question of who…

Every eviction tells a story. Documents tell that story, and in Los Angeles courts, the documents that carry the most weight are almost always the ones the landlord created before ever filing the eviction. The rent ledger shows exactly when payments stopped. The written response to the maintenance request shows the landlord…