Marin County Tenant Lawyers in San Anselmo
Tobener Ravenscroft LLP’s San Anselmo office serves as a trusted resource for all tenant law claims in Marin County, including wrongful evictions, landlord harassment, nuisance neighbor issues, sexual harassment, discrimination, and retaliation. With a 99% success rate in more than 2,000 cases over 20 years, Tobener Ravenscroft LLP is the leading tenant rights firm in California. For immediate assistance, please contact our office today by text, email, or telephone for an intake.
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Our Mission is to lead the charge in obtaining justice and economic equity for California tenants who have experienced wrongful evictions, harassment, poor housing conditions, and discrimination.
Wrongful Eviction
If you’ve been removed from your home without proper legal process, you may have a wrongful eviction claim. Our San Anselmo wrongful eviction attorneys represent tenants across Marin County, working to uphold renter protections under California law. As California’s largest tenant rights firm, we bring a 99% success rate and decades of experience to every case.
Constructive Evictions
When a landlord makes a rental unit uninhabitable—through neglect, disruption, or failure to provide essential services—tenants have the right to take legal action. Our attorneys handle constructive eviction cases in San Anselmo and throughout Marin County, helping renters enforce their rights and obtain compensation under California’s habitability laws.
Nuisance Neighbors
Landlords are legally required to address serious neighbor problems that affect your health, safety, or quiet enjoyment of your home. If you are facing persistent harassment or disturbances, our San Anselmo attorneys can help hold your landlord accountable under Marin County and California law for failing to resolve your nuisance neighbor situation.
Landlord Failure to Repair
Unsafe and unsanitary housing conditions are not only frustrating—they are against the law. Our firm represents tenants in Marin County when landlords neglect their repair responsibilities. We have extensive experience enforcing San Anselmo renters’ rights to safe and habitable homes, including issues with plumbing, heating, pest control, and more.
Landlord Discrimination
Discrimination based on race, disability, gender, family status, or other protected categories is against the law. Our San Anselmo office represents tenants in landlord discrimination cases throughout Marin County, pursuing legal action against landlords who violate fair housing protections.
Termination of Tenancy for Sale
Tenants have legal protections during and after the sale of a rental property, and many evictions in these situations are unlawful. If you have been evicted due to a property sale in Marin County, our San Anselmo office can help.
Failure to Offer Unit Back After Natural Disaster
Tenants displaced by fire, flood, or earthquake may have the right to return to their home once repairs are finished. If your landlord has not offered your unit back, we can assist. Our San Anselmo tenant attorneys regularly handle these cases throughout Marin County.
Landlord and Property Manager Harassment
Tenants should not face threats, intimidation, or retaliation from their landlords. We represent renters in San Anselmo landlord harassment cases, bringing claims in Marin County court to secure protection and compensation for tenants.
Termination of Tenancy for Owner Move-In (OMI)
Owner move-in evictions are tightly regulated and frequently misused to displace long-term tenants. If you have received an OMI eviction notice in Marin County, our attorneys can evaluate your case, determine whether the eviction is unlawful, and defend your rights in court.
Landlord Retaliation
Retaliation—such as eviction threats or rent increases after you request repairs or report violations—is illegal. We represent tenants facing landlord retaliation in San Anselmo, helping renters across Marin County challenge unlawful landlord conduct.
Tenant Buyout Negotiations
Landlords may offer tenants a cash buyout to move out, especially in rent-controlled or long-term tenancies. Our San Anselmo attorneys assist tenants in Marin County by maximizing compensation, negotiating fair terms, and protecting against deceptive or coercive tactics. Consult with us before signing any agreement.
Illegal Landlord Construction
Unpermitted or prolonged construction can interfere with your right to quiet enjoyment. Our San Anselmo tenant attorneys represent renters in Marin County facing illegal renovations, disruptive projects, or unsafe conditions. We hold landlords accountable when construction is used to harass tenants or push them out.
Failure to Offer Unit Back After Repairs
Tenants temporarily displaced for major repairs may have the legal right to return once the work is finished. If your landlord re-rented your home or did not offer it back, you may be entitled to compensation. Our San Anselmo attorneys regularly handle these cases throughout Marin County.
Sexual Harassment by Landlords, Property Managers, or Neighbors
Sexual harassment in housing is a serious civil rights violation that occurs more often than many tenants realize. Our San Anselmo office pursues Marin County landlords who engage in harassment directly or fail to act when tenants report sexual misconduct by property managers or neighbors. We work to hold housing providers fully accountable under California and federal discrimination laws.
Full-Service Tenant Rights Law Firm
Tobener Ravenscroft LLP is the leading tenant rights law firm in California and has been in business for more than twenty years. With offices in San Anselmo, San Francisco, Walnut Creek, Oakland, San Jose, and Los Angeles, the firm focuses on wrongful evictions, intractable repair issues, landlord harassment, tenant discrimination, nuisance neighbors, landlord sexual harassment, and landlord-caused injuries.
The law firm has recovered more than $100 million on behalf of tenants. They have helped more than 20,000 tenants and have a 99% success rate. The firm has won two law firm of the year awards in California and has been featured in California Lawyer, UC Law SF Magazine, and the Daily Journal. Its lawyers are routinely quoted in leading publications, such as the San Francisco Chronicle, the New York Times, Wired, the Business Times, and Reuters. Both partners are Super Lawyers, an honor reserved for the top lawyers in California.
The firm is dedicated to community activism, hosting biannual trainings for housing and disability nonprofits. They routinely propose and draft legislation at the local and state level to enhance legal protections for tenants. The firm’s lawyers volunteer 100s of hours each year to support the legal needs of local housing and homelessness nonprofits. The firm recently won the Aids Legal Referral Panel law firm of the year for its commitment to the community.
The firm’s attorneys are often asked to present at law schools, trial lawyer associations, and industry groups.
Marin County Tenant Protections
If you are a tenant that lives in Marin County, you may have rent increase protections and eviction protections. Over the past few years, cities throughout the county have started to respond to the high rent costs and the growing housing insecurity within its borders. While not all areas of the county have tenant protection ordinances in place, the trend will continue and tenants should check here for any updates.
Currently, cities and towns in the unincorporated areas of Marin County, the City of San Rafael, and the Town of Fairfax have enacted protections for their renters. The cities of Novato and San Rafael also have protections for mobile home park tenants. If you do not reside in one of these areas, you may still have rent control and eviction protection under the new California state rent control laws.
Lawyers For Renters In Marin County
Tobener Ravenscroft LLP never represents landlords. We are lawyers for renters in Marin County, and more importantly, lawyers for renters only. We strive to lead the charge in obtaining economic equity for California renters who have been victims of injustice. We serve tenants from dozens of cities and counties from our four locations in Southern and Northern California.
On the page below, you’ll find many different rent control and tenant guides published by our attorneys for renters in Marin County to understand their rights and when they can fight back. Our service area is not limited to the cities we publish guides about, so please do not hesitate to contact us if you are a renter in Marin County seeking a landlord-tenant attorney.
Unincorporated Marin County
Tenants that live in a city or town located in unincorporated Marin County have eviction protection and have access to a mediation program for rent increase disputes. There are dozens of cities and towns in the county that are unincorporated and covered under the county’s ordinances.
The county’s Just Cause For Eviction Ordinance protects tenants from eviction unless there is a just-cause reason to terminate their tenancy under the law. Just-cause reasons may be a for-fault reason or a no-fault reason. Some common for-fault reasons are that the tenant has not paid rent, has breached a lease term, or is causing a nuisance. Owner move-in evictions (a landlord or their relative seeks to move into the unit) and Ellis Act evictions (the landlord desires to permanently remove the unit from the rental market) are common no-fault reasons for eviction. It is important to know that, unlike other jurisdictions with eviction control ordinances, the county does not require relocation assistance to be paid to tenants that are evicted for a no-fault reason.
Tenants should be aware that they do not have rent control in unincorporated Marin County. Instead, the Rental Housing Dispute Resolution Ordinance is a way for tenants to respond to a rent increase by initiating mediation to negotiate with their landlord. Tenants that have received a rent increase above 5% in a twelve-month period are eligible for the dispute resolution services through this ordinance.
Because unincorporated Marin County’s Rental Housing Dispute Resolution Ordinance is not a rent control ordinance that caps the amount that a tenant’s rent can be increased, the rent-ceiling protections of the State of California Tenant Protection Act of 2019 (“State Rent Control Law”) may apply. The new State Rent Control Law applies to all units in the unincorporated areas of the county, which are not otherwise covered by a local rent control ordinance, if the building was built more than fifteen years ago, and as long as the unit meets all other requirements under the state’s law (most single family homes are not covered though). Under the State Rent Control Law, a tenant’s rent may not be raised more than 5% plus the Consumer Price Index (CPI), the total amount not to exceed 10%. This means that tenants in unincorporated Marin County who receive a rent increase above 5% but less than the state rent-cap amount should proceed with the county’s mediation process to resolve a rent increase dispute. However, for tenants who receive rent increases that exceed the State Rent Control Law’s allowable maximum, the increase dispute will need to be resolved in court, not through the county’s mediation program.
Tenants should speak with a tenant attorney and read our guide on the Unincorporated Marin County Rent Control laws to determine if their unit is in an area that is regulated by these ordinances and to understand their rights.
The Town Of Fairfax And The City Of San Rafael
Tenants in the Town of Fairfax and the City of San Rafael also have just-cause for eviction protections and have the right to contest certain rent increases through mediation.
Fairfax and San Rafael have adopted eviction control laws that prohibit a landlord from terminating a tenancy unless they have a just-cause reason under the law to do so. Both of these jurisdictions have for-fault and no-fault just-cause reasons to terminate a tenancy that are similar to those in unincorporated Marin County’s eviction ordinance. And, neither Fairfax nor San Rafael require relocation assistance to be paid to tenants that are evicted through a no-fault reason.
Additionally, tenants in both Fairfax and San Rafael have a right to pursue mediation through Marin County for rent increases of more than 5% in a twelve-month period. Like areas in unincorporated Marin County, tenants in Fairfax and San Rafael should be aware that they do not have rent control that caps the amount their rent can be increased, but they may have rent-ceiling protections under the California Tenant Protection Act of 2019.
Tenants should speak with a tenant lawyer and read our guides on the Town of Fairfax Renter Protections and San Rafael Rent Control to understand their rights in these jurisdictions.
City Of Novato And City Of San Rafael Mobile Home Park Tenant Rights
Because mobile homes are difficult to relocate and because most tenants in mobile home parks are on fixed incomes and often elderly, the California legislature has promulgated strict statutes protecting tenants from eviction. Additionally, some jurisdictions such as the cities of Novato and San Rafael have enacted local rent control ordinances for tenants of mobile home parks.
Tenants facing eviction from a mobile home park or who have received a rent increase above the allowable annual amount should speak with a mobile home tenant attorney to understand their rights. You can reach us at 415-504-2165.
State Of California Rent And Eviction Control
If you do not live in one of the areas in Marin County that has tenant protections, you may be covered under the California Tenant Protection Act of 2019, the state’s new rent and eviction control law, if your building is at least fifteen years old and your tenancy and unit meet all other requirements under the law. Determining whether you are covered by the just-cause eviction protections and the rent increase limitations under the state’s law is a complicated analysis. Tenants should speak to a tenant lawyer and read our guide to determine whether they are covered under state law protections.
All tenants in California should keep in mind that regardless of what city they live in, the state has many laws that protect tenants. To learn more about some of the laws that protect tenants in California, please visit the following pages: Wrongful Eviction, Landlord Harassment and Retaliation, Landlord Entry, Housing Discrimination in California, Landlord’s Duty To Prevent Crime, and Forcing Your Landlord to Make Repairs.
Tenants that have questions about their rights under local or state law should call Tobener Ravenscroft LLP to speak with an attorney.
San Anselmo’s Largest Tenant Law Firm
Our Mission is to lead the charge in obtaining justice and economic equity for California tenants who have experienced wrongful evictions, harassment, poor housing conditions, and discrimination.
Tenants Served
20,000+
Established
2001
5 Star Reviews
1000+
Team of
30+
Wrongful Eviction
If you’ve been pushed out of your home without legal cause, you may be entitled to compensation. Our San Anselmo office helps tenants fight wrongful evictions in Marin County. With more than 2,000 cases successfully litigated and a 99% success rate, we are the trusted choice for tenants who need help suing for wrongful eviction. We know how to maximize wrongful eviction damages, and we never defend landlords. Contact us to find out your options for pursuing a wrongful eviction claim.
Landlord Sexual Harassment
Sexual harassment in housing is unlawful—and alarmingly common. Whether the harassment is coming from a landlord, property manager, or neighbor, tenants deserve immediate protection and legal recourse. Our landlord sexual harassment lawyers represent renters throughout Marin County who have experienced threats, coercion, or inappropriate conduct in their homes. We have litigated more than 2,000 tenant cases with a 99% success rate, and we never represent landlords. If you’re dealing with sexual harassment by a landlord in Marin County or your landlord fails to act on complaints, we’re here to fight for your rights.
Failure to Repair
Tenants have a right to safe, habitable housing. If your landlord refuses to make essential repairs, you may be able to take legal action. Our San Anselmo tenant attorneys enforce landlord repair obligations and help Marin County tenants secure the repairs, rent reductions, or relocation assistance they deserve. With more than 2,000 cases handled and a 99% success rate, we understand how to build strong claims for landlord failure to repair. We don’t represent landlords—ever. If your landlord refuses to repair dangerous conditions, please contact our Marin County renters rights office today.
Termination of Tenancy for Owner-Move-In (OMI)
Owner-move-in evictions are often misused to displace long-term tenants. Our San Anselmo office regularly enforces OMI rules on behalf of tenants throughout Marin County. We help renters protect their housing when a landlord falsely claims they or a relative needs to move in. We’ve successfully handled thousands of tenant cases and never represent landlords. If you’re unsure about your rights in regard to a landlord move-in eviction, please contact us today for a consultation.
Landlord and Property Manager Harassment
Harassment from a landlord or property manager—whether it’s verbal abuse, threats, or privacy violations—is illegal. Our San Anselmo office handles landlord harassment cases in Marin County. We’ve represented thousands of renters and have a 99% success rate across more than 2,000 cases. If you’re experiencing landlord or property manager harassment in Marin County, we’ll help you take action quickly and confidentially. We never represent landlords, only tenants.
Landlord and Property Manager Retaliation
Landlords are prohibited from punishing tenants for asserting their rights—like requesting repairs, reporting code violations, or joining a tenant union. If you’re facing landlord or property manager retaliation, we can help. Our San Anselmo office files claims on behalf of tenants throughout Marin County. We’ve handled more than 2,000 cases with a 99% success rate and never represent landlords. If you’re wondering how to sue a landlord or property manager for retaliation in Marin County, please contact our San Anselmo tenant office today.
Tenant Buyout Negotiations
Tenants often receive cash buyout offers from landlords looking to free up rent-controlled or long-term units—but those offers are rarely in the tenant’s best interest. Our San Anselmo office helps renters across Marin County evaluate offers, negotiate higher payments, and enforce disclosure laws around tenant buyouts. With a 99% success rate and more than 2,000 tenant cases handled, we know how to help renters leverage their tenancy for the maximum possible payout. We never represent landlords. If you’ve received a buyout proposal, contact us before signing anything—we can help you turn it into a win.
Illegal Landlord Construction
Construction projects are often misused to drive tenants out—whether it’s disruptive noise, unsafe conditions, or a failure to follow notice rules. Our San Anselmo tenant lawyers represent renters who are harassed or displaced by illegal construction. If your landlord started renovations without permits, failed to provide relocation assistance, or created unsafe living conditions, you may be entitled to compensation. We’ve handled thousands of tenant cases across Marin County and never represent landlords. Contact our office to fight back against construction harassment.
Failure to Offer Unit Back After Repairs
If you had to leave your home for repairs and your landlord never gave you the chance to return, they may have violated California housing law. Tenants in San Anselmo and throughout Marin County have legal rights when displaced for temporary repairs. Our attorneys represent renters in lawsuits against landlords who re-rent units without first offering them back to the original tenant. With a 99% success rate, we help clients recover lost housing and financial compensation. We only represent tenants—and we’re ready to help you get justice.
20,000 Tenants Served
Tobener Ravenscroft LLP has helped more than 20,000 tenants win disputes against landlords, property managers, and municipalities. Our knowledge of the intricacies of local tenant laws is unmatched. We litigate aggressively, maximize leverage, and have a 99% success rate.
