Cal. Apartment Assn. v. City of Pasadena (2025)

Citation: Cal. Apartment Assn. v. City of Pasadena (2025)
Parent Document: Cal. Apartment Assn. v. City of Pasadena (2025)
Jurisdiction: California (state)
Effective Date: 2025-12-18
Original Source: https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/10761039/cal-apartment-assn-v-city-of-pasadena/ ↗

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the nonpayment of rent, a landlord must serve the tenant with a
three-day notice to pay rent or quit the premises before filing an
unlawful detainer complaint. (§ 1161, subd. (2); see Eshagian v.
Cepeda (2025) 112 Cal.App.5th 433, 457.)
       Measure H provides that before a landlord may initiate an
action to terminate a tenancy or endeavor to recover possession of
a rental unit based on a tenant’s failure to pay rent, the landlord
must provide the tenant with a “Written Notice to Cease,”
defined as “[a] written notice provided by a Landlord that gives a
Tenant an opportunity to cure an alleged violation or problem
prior to initiating legal proceedings to terminate tenancy.”
(§§ 1803(cc), 1806(a)(1).) “Any Written Notice to Cease must: [¶]
(1) Provide the Tenant a reasonable period to cure the alleged
violation or problem; [¶] (2) Inform the Tenant that failure to
cure may result in the initiation of eviction proceedings; [¶]
(3) Inform the Tenant of the right to request a reasonable
accommodation; [¶] (4) Inform the Tenant of the contact number
for the Rental Board; and [¶] (5) Include a specific statement of
the reasons for the Written Notice to Cease with specific facts to
permit a determination of the date, place, witnesses and
circumstances concerning the reason for the eviction[;] [¶] [and]
(6) Where a breach of Lease is alleged, inform the Tenant what
Lease provision has been breached and what the Tenant must do
in order to cure the breach.” 20 (§ 1803(cc).)
       Section 1806(a)(1) provides that in the event a tenant has
failed to pay rent, the landlord may not “take action to terminate

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