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.
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.
California's Tenant Protection Act (AB 1482, Civil Code 1946.2) 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.
Specific penalty amounts for this ordinance are not published in a publicly accessible fine schedule. Contact Palm Springs code enforcement directly for current fines, enforcement procedures, and hearing options.
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