Antioch, CA Rental Property Rules: Just Cause Eviction (2026)

01 finds it "more protective" than the state's parallel Cal. 2. 04(A) requires every termination notice to state a just cause and splits it into two tracks. At-fault just cause under (A)(1) covers a tenant's failure to pay rent, breach of a material lease term after a written three-day cure notice, maintaining a nuisance or committing waste after a written three-day notice, a criminal conviction for illegal use of the unit, a criminal threat against the landlord, refusing to sign a similar-terms lease renewal, refusing repair access, failing to vacate a resident-manager unit after employment ends, or unlawful subletting.

No-fault just cause under (A)(2) covers a landlord or the landlord's family member moving in as a primary residence within 90 days for at least two years, demolition or substantial remodel, a government order to vacate, or an Ellis Act withdrawal of all units from the rental market; owner-move-in evictions are barred against a household that includes an elderly, disabled or terminally ill member, or a low-income member, who has lived there five years or more, unless the incoming occupant meets the same criteria. 06 requires the landlord to pay permanent relocation assistance for any no-fault eviction: two months' rent, plus a third month if the household includes a qualified tenant (elderly, disabled, with minor children, or low-income), paid directly to the tenant, on top of federally-scheduled moving expenses; a tenant displaced by demolition, remodel or an Ellis Act withdrawal also keeps a right of first refusal to re-rent the unit at the prior price.