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Illegal Garage Conversion I have a house in Los Angeles with an illegal garage…

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Illegal Garage Conversion
I have a house in Los Angeles with an illegal garage conversion. A ”friend” of mine began renting it from me 3 yrs ago. We signed a one-year lease agreement and it then went month to month. In 1/2008, via email, we extended the agreement until 12/31/2008.

In mid-December, when I finally got him to tell me what his plans were, he told me that unless I paid him big money, he wasn’t going to move out and that he was going to report me to the city. Not only would I have to pay him relocation fees, but I would also get fined and would have to pay to have the conversion brought up to code. A caveat: he is a licensed contractor who moved in knowing that it was not permitted – I have emails attesting to his knowledge.

Not sure where to go: On 1/1/09 should I serve him a 3-day eviction notice b/c the lease is over? Does our email exchange in January stating and acknowledging that the lease is over on 12/31/2008 constitute notification?

The tenant feels that he is due relocation fees under rent stabilization – the unit isn’t legal, is the rental agreement legal?

If I go the route of evicting him b/c the unit is not permitted will I have to pay him relocation fees? Does he have basis to sue me? How much notice do I give if any?

landlord charging for ”excessive” use of utilities I have a month to month…

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landlord charging for ”excessive” use of utilities
I have a month to month agreement in a duplex with 6
tenents. In my agreement, the utilities I am not
responsible for are water and trash. For one month the
water bill was substantially high. The landlord is
charging for the difference from what an average
monthly use would be. This doesn’t seem fair and I’m
questioning the legality. I’m also afraid that if I don’t
comply, the rent will be raised.

Hold Harmless Agreement What form do I use to protect myself and my church…

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Hold Harmless Agreement
What form do I use to protect myself and my church against claims of harrassment or improper financial advice? I represent my church board in assisting church members with financial problems. I would like an indemnification agreement to protect myself and the church board against frivolous claims. The church is a non-profit California corporation, and I am an officer on the board (treasurer).

I was in a corp.

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I was in a corp. 2002-2008. We were contractors. The company get sued in October 2009, and a judgement is made in 2010. All the coorespondence went to my ex-partner. Apparently a client “won” $7000.00. Now the indemnity band is telling me that I owe them this money. I asked that they send something, like a contract with my signature on it. They sent me a copy of the bond with both signatures, however THERE IS NO DATE on this contract. The judgement was for a job in 2004, that was never done (nor paid for) although the client claims they paid the company. So my question is can the collection agency attach this to my credit and demand that I pay?

Hold Harmless Agreements Our church is using the facilities of another church.

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Hold Harmless Agreements
Our church is using the facilities of another church. They want us to sign a Usage and Hold Harmless Agreement. Our objection is the agreement says nothing about them having to exercise due diligience to maintain the property in a secure and safe condition – it just says we will hold them harmless for anything that might happen while we are using the facilities. Do these agreements have any real effect if we could prove they did not maintain the property in a secure and safe manner? thank you