State Specific Question About: CALIFORNIA (CA)

A long time tenant since 2012. She is the only person's name on the lease. In the past two yrs, Manager often saw a man in and out of the unit. But, whenever manager verbally asked tenant, she said he was just visiting, then he would disappear for a while.

Recently, Manager saw the the same man around the unit, so we gave a notice to ask for the information and to be added to the lease. Tenant got mad and yelled at the manager. She said , " Why are you giving me a hard time? Is it because my boyfriend is a black?" Manager said, he is an unauthorized occupant, we want to know who he is. The BF later came out and yelled at the manager and said bad words and bad things about other residents. Manager is fear for her own safety, so she walked away.

Manager told me she would not give him the application to fill out, she doesn't want him around the property. She said the man yelled at kids in the property, too. Tenants in the property are mostly Vietnamese and Hispanic. Can I serve a 60 day notice to move out? What if they challenged?

Also, the day before yesterday, handyman went to fix A/C, he complaint the bad smell inside the unit caused him had a headache for the rest of the day. He saw a smoking device with a pipe on the table in the living room.

was the "bad smell" something like ammonia or perhaps cat pee?

I'd count the days that the Unauthorized Occupant is staying there. In my lease anyone staying more than 10 calendar a year no longer considered a "guest" and I'd raise the rent 10% for each additional person.

Your manager is not doing her job. Dealing with uncooperative tenants and unauthorized occupants is Basic 101 type property management stuff. If she is not capable of handing that, you need a new manager.

If it were me, I'd give her 48 hours to resolve this problem. By Monday, it better be fixed, or I fire her, get a new manager, who will evict this uncooperative tenants and/or non-renewal the lease asap.