Fresno city attorney partnering with attorney general for Tenant Protection Act

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Fresno City Attorney Andrew Janz volition spouse with California Attorney General Rob Bonta to instrumentality California's Tenant Protection Act.

The instrumentality specifically limits rent increases and prohibits landlords from evicting tenants without conscionable cause.

Landlords violating the enactment could beryllium liable for lawyer fees, and up to 3 times the damages if the proprietor acted willfully, fraudulently, oregon with malice.

Under this caller law, which went into effect successful April, a tenant whitethorn lone beryllium evicted for "just cause."

Rent whitethorn not beryllium accrued much than 5 percent, positive a alteration for the outgo of surviving oregon 10 percent full -- whichever is little implicit the people of immoderate 12-month period.