Complete archive of Coastal Insights — every dispatch on STR permits, luxury rental tax strategy, JADU and ADU rules, coastal market data, and CA landlord law from Newport Beach to San Diego.
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Before 12 months, a California non-renewal is a 30-day letter. After, it's a just-cause case. Here's how to count the days and serve it right.
Tenant right-to-counsel programs are spreading across coastal California. A jurisdiction-by-jurisdiction guide to timelines, defense strategy, and budgeting.
The full 2026 California unlawful detainer timeline, step by step. Where cases die, what AB 2347 changed, and when cash for keys beats the courthouse.
Defensible space rules reach more coastal rentals than owners think. The 100-foot rule by jurisdiction, and where the liability lands.
A front-line audit of the lease clauses that fail in California, plus the coastal layer: access easements, HOA overrides and city STR rules.
Civil Code §1942 caps the tenant's self-help remedy at one month's rent, twice a year. The landlord who knows the elements can name the defense.
Assistance-animal requests drive more fair housing complaints than any other issue. The California statutes, verification rules, and penalty math operators need.
Coastal moisture triggers CC §1941 duties on sight since SB 655. A reportorial guide to inspection, disclosure, and remediation clocks for operators.
Skipped the AB 1482 exemption paragraph in your lease? Your house is covered until you fix it. Here's what that costs and how to get the exemption back.
A tenant vanished and rent stopped. Here is how California's Notice of Belief of Abandonment lets you retake the unit legally, step by step.
Civil Code § 1942.5 presumes retaliation for 180 days after a habitability complaint. The statute, the case law, and the exposure math for coastal operators.
Most coastal California rentals predate 1978. Here's the federal lead packet, the RRP rule, the STR exemption, and what a missed signature really costs.
California landlords face a narrow compliance corridor between thorough tenant screening and fair housing liability. Here's what the law actually requires in 2026.
When an adult child refuses to leave a senior housing unit after the tenant moves to assisted living, California treats him as an established resident after 30 days — triggering the full unlawful detainer process.
California law requires landlords to provide alternative housing during tent fumigation. Here's what 'reasonable' lodging costs in 2026, which cities have stricter rules, and the one scenario where the tenant pays.
Most coastal CA landlords don't realize you can defer 100% of capital gains when you sell a rental and buy another — if you follow the IRC §1031 rules exactly.
A 90-minute annual inspection on aging coastal multifamily buildings catches the $500 fixes before they become $50,000 disasters. Here's what to look for.
IoT energy platforms cut utility spend 18–27% in coastal vacation rentals. Here's the product stack, integration architecture, and ROI math that matter in 2026.
AB 1482 replaced at-will eviction with 14 enumerated grounds. We break down every at-fault and no-fault reason, relocation-assistance math, and coastal-city overlay rules.
Coastal Insights now covers property tech under the Coastal CA Market hub. Here is what the beat covers, the first three pieces published under it, and how we will use this Updates section going forward.