Palm Springs, CA Rental Property Rules: Just Cause Eviction (2026)
Just cause eviction rules in Palm Springs, CA, sometimes called tenant protection or "for cause" eviction ordinances, list the specific legal reasons a landlord can end a tenancy.
Key Facts
- Rental
- Just cause after 12 months occupancy
- Fault Fault
- At-fault and no-fault categories
- One Month
- One month relocation for no-fault
- Notice Required
- 60-day notice required
- Limits
- Same exemptions as rent cap
Summary
After 12 months of tenancy (or 24 months with multiple adults), California's AB 1482 requires landlords to have just cause to terminate tenancy. At-fault causes include nonpayment and lease violations; no-fault causes (owner move-in, withdrawal, substantial remodel) require relocation assistance of one month's rent.
(a) Notwithstanding any other law, after a tenant has continuously and lawfully occupied a residential real property for 12 months, the owner of the residential real property shall not terminate a tenancy without just cause, which shall be stated in the written notice to terminate tenancy.
(b) For purposes of this section, "just cause" means either of the following:
(1) At-fault just cause, which means any of the following:
(A) Default in the payment of rent.
(B) A breach of a material term of the lease, as described in paragraph (3) of Section 1161 of the Code of Civil Procedure, including, but not limited to, violation of a provision of the lease after being issued a written notice to correct the violation.
(C) Maintaining, committing, or permitting the maintenance or commission of a nuisance as described in paragraph (4) of Section 1161 of the Code of Civil Procedure.
(D) Committing waste as described in paragraph (4) of Section 1161 of the Code of Civil Procedure.
(F) Criminal activity by the tenant on the residential real property, including any common areas, or any criminal activity or criminal threat, as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 422 of the Penal Code, on or off the residential real property, that is directed at any owner or agent of the owner of the residential real property.
(2) No-fault just cause, which means any of the following:
(A) (i) Intent to occupy the residential real property by the owner or the owner's spouse, domestic partner, children, grandchildren, parents, or grandparents for a minimum of 12 continuous months as that person's primary residence.
Full Breakdown
2) applies in Palm Springs absent a stronger local ordinance. Once a tenant has occupied a unit for 12 months, or 24 months if any additional adults have joined, the landlord must have just cause to terminate. At-fault just causes include: default in rent, breach of material lease term after notice to cure, maintaining a nuisance, committing waste, criminal activity on premises, refusing to execute a lease renewal of similar terms, assigning or subletting in violation of the lease, and refusing entry for lawful purposes.
No-fault just causes include: owner or qualifying family member intent to occupy (with lease provision or proper contract language), withdrawal from the rental market (Ellis Act), compliance with a government order to vacate, and substantial remodel requiring the unit to be vacant 30+ days. For no-fault terminations, the landlord must pay relocation assistance equal to one month's rent or waive the final month's rent, and provide at least 60 days' notice. Retaliatory and discriminatory evictions are prohibited. The same exemptions that apply to rent caps also apply to just cause. Short-term vacation rentals under 30 days are not tenancies and don't have just-cause protection.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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