Airbnb guest stays at rental for 500+ days without paying, refuses to leave

Sort of related to multifamily. Read through the cities explanation why the landlord can’t evict. I’m moving to LA, you can get away anything out there - don’t even have to pay rent.
www.fox4news.com/.../airbnb-guest-stays-rental ...
 

Where does this woman get a lawyer? I guess if you don’t pay rent you have the money.
She sounds like a scammer. How nice that the city has decided what landlords can do with their property. I wouldn’t buy property there if I had to have a legal reason to move someone out.

Grace Law Although out of CA for a few years now, when I was there the attorneys would literally go to the courthouse, look at new filings and knock on the person door. Their payment is 50% of what the person would have been charged in rent for the amount of time they remain in the home. Additionally, with courts siding with residents, they prolong the case as long as possible because they then get paid even more. At the end of the day, the landlord agrees to not putting the eviction on the persons record just to get them out. It’s really messed up out there.

Some stuff you see is so messed up.

It is so incredibly messed up here in CA. I teach CAM for our associations and so much about rent collection doesn't apply anymore. Keeping up with the law changes is a full time job in CA.

Oh California…..

Interesting legal conflicts.
Guest house was not an authorized registered domicile. Not up to code. Owner violations.
Then remove as trespass. If the "unit" isn't a legal domicile, then it is trespass, not lease violation.
But hey, it is California

Just move all her stuff out and change the locks! Private renters can get away with that

I’m a California landlord. And while some of our laws are a bit crazy, and the woman (tenant) in this case is definitely a grifter, this whole thing is completely the landlord's fault and it was completely foreseeable.
He rented out an illegal apartment that was built without permits and did not have a certificate of occupancy. That’s a recipe for self-destruction and that’s what he got. If you rent an illegal property to someone litigious or malicious, you might as well sign the deed over to them as they may end up owning the property.
The tenant is a scam artist for sure, but the property owner set himself up to be scammed and is a victim of his own greed. He knew the apartment was not permitted. As someone who follows the rules, I can’t get too upset about seeing bad things happen to people who don’t.
I also think anyone who rents property on sites like AirBnB is asking for trouble, as you basically lose your ability to vet the tenant before they move in. A little research on this woman would have quickly revealed the fact that she had pulled that stunt before.
This whole thing is a demonstration of why you need to obey the law and do good tenant screening.

David Troup if it isn’t permitted and not a legal dwelling why doesn’t the city require her to move ASAP for her own safety? She shouldn’t have it both ways, continue to live there while claiming it is illegal.
I would never rent on airBnB, too many horror stories