California Civil Code. California
in the lease or rental agreement, upon giving written notice to the tenant, as follows, by either of the following procedures:
(A) By delivering a copy to the tenant personally.
(B) By serving a copy by mail under the procedures prescribed in Section 1013 of the Code of Civil Procedure.
(2) If the proposed rent increase for that tenant is 10 percent or less of the rental amount charged to that tenant at any time during the 12 months prior to the effective date of the increase, either in and of itself or when combined with any other rent increases for the 12 months prior to the effective date of the increase, the notice shall be delivered at least 30 days prior to the effective date of the increase, and subject to Section 1013 of the Code of Civil Procedure if served by mail.
(3) For an increase in rent greater than the amount described in paragraph (2), the minimum notice period required pursuant to that paragraph shall be increased by an additional 30 days, and subject to Section 1013 of the Code of Civil Procedure if served by mail. This paragraph does not apply to an increase in rent caused by a change in a tenant’s income or family composition as determined by a recertification required by statute or regulation.
(c) If a state or federal statute, state or federal regulation, recorded regulatory agreement, or contract provides for a longer period of notice regarding a rent increase than that provided in subdivision (a) or (b), the personal service or mailing of the notice shall be in accordance with the longer period.
(Amended (as amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 664, Sec. 33) by Stats. 2004, Ch. 568, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2005.)
ARTICLE 2. Boundaries [829 — 835]
(Article 2 enacted 1872.)
829. The owner of land in fee has the right to the surface and to everything permanently situated beneath or above it.
(Enacted 1872.)
[830.] Section Eight Hundred and Thirty. Except where the grant under which the land is held indicates a different intent, the owner of the upland, when it borders on tide water, takes to ordinary high-water mark; when it borders upon a navigable lake or stream, where there is no tide, the owner takes to the edge of the lake or stream, at low-water mark; when it borders upon any other water, the owner takes to the middle of the lake or stream. (Amended by Code Amendments 1873-74, Ch. 612.)
831. An owner of land bounded by a road or street is presumed to own to the center of the way, but the contrary may be shown.
(Enacted 1872.)
832. Each coterminous owner is entitled to the lateral and subjacent support which his land receives from the adjoining land, subject to the right of the owner of the adjoining land to make proper and usual excavations on the same for purposes of construction or improvement, under the following conditions:
1. Any owner of land or his lessee intending to make or to permit an excavation shall give reasonable notice to the owner or owners of adjoining lands and of buildings or other structures, stating the depth to which such excavation is intended to be made, and when the excavating will begin.
2. In making any excavation, ordinary care and skill shall be used, and reasonable precautions taken to sustain the adjoining land as such, without regard to any building or other structure which may be thereon, and there shall be no liability for damage done to any such building or other structure by reason of the excavation, except as otherwise provided or allowed by law.
3. If at any time it appears that the excavation is to be of a greater depth than are the walls or foundations of any adjoining building or other structure, and is to be so close as to endanger the building or other structure in any way, then the owner of the building or other structure must be allowed at least 30 days, if he so desires, in which to take measures to protect the same from any damage, or in which to extend the foundations thereof, and he must be given for the same purposes reasonable license to enter on the land on which the excavation is to be or is being made.
4. If the excavation is intended to be or is deeper than the standard depth of foundations, which depth is defined to be a depth of nine feet below the adjacent curb level, at the point where the joint property line intersects the curb and if on the land of the coterminous owner there is any building or other structure the wall or foundation of which goes to standard depth or deeper then the owner of the land on which the excavation is being made shall, if given the necessary license to enter on the adjoining land, protect the said adjoining land and any such building or other structure thereon without cost to the owner thereof, from any damage by reason of the excavation, and shall be liable to the owner of such property for any such damage, excepting only for minor settlement cracks in buildings or other structures.
(Amended by Stats. 1968, Ch. 835.)
833. Trees whose trunks stand wholly upon the land of one owner belong exclusively to him, although their roots grow into the land of another.
(Enacted 1872.)
834. Trees whose trunks stand partly on the land of two or more coterminous owners, belong to them in common.
(Enacted 1872.)
835. (a) As used in this chapter, “electrified security fence” means any fence, other than an electrified fence described in Section 17151 of the Food and Agricultural Code, that meets the following requirements:
(1) The fence is powered by an electrical energizer with both of the following output characteristics:
(A) The impulse repetition rate does not exceed 1 hertz (hz).
(B) The impulse duration does not exceed 10 milliseconds, or 10/10000 of a second.
(2) The fence is used to protect and secure commercial or industrial property.
(b) An owner of real property may install and operate an electrified security fence on his or her property subject to all of the following:
(1) The property is not located in a residential zone.
(2) The fence meets the 2006 international standards and specifications of the International Electrotechnical Commission for electric fence energizers in “International Standard IEC 60335, Part 2-76.”
(3) The fence is identified by prominently placed warning signs that are legible from both sides of the fence. At a minimum, the warning signs shall meet all of the following criteria:
(A) The warning signs are placed at each gate and access point, and at intervals along the fence not exceeding 30 feet.
(B) The warning signs are adjacent to any other signs relating to chemical, radiological, or biological hazards.
(C) The warning signs are marked with a written warning or a commonly recognized symbol for shock, a written warning or a commonly recognized symbol to warn people with pacemakers, and a written warning or commonly recognized symbol about the danger of touching the fence in wet conditions.
(4) The height of the fence does not exceed 10 feet and is located behind a perimeter fence that is not less than 6 feet in height.
(c) An owner of real property shall not install and operate an electrified security fence where a local ordinance prohibits that installation and operation. If a local ordinance allows the installation and operation of an electrified security fence, the installation and operation of the fence shall meet the requirements of that ordinance and the requirements of subdivision (b).
(Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 273, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2016.)
CHAPTER 2. Obligations of Owners [840 — 848]
(Chapter 2 enacted 1872.)
840. The owner of a life estate must keep the buildings and fences in repair from ordinary waste, and must pay the taxes and other annual charges, and a just proportion of extraordinary assessments benefiting the whole inheritance.
(Enacted 1872.)
841. (a) Adjoining landowners shall share equally