Trying/ how to evict in CA
Hi,
I am somewhat in the same predicament as you, depending on whether you're considered a master tenant as the only one on the lease,( did your landlord give your roomate a subtenant form? 6.14 notice?) and it may depend on how long you've been at this address... maybe you've read some of my questions on how a master tenant can evict a drug addict.
A master tenant acts like a landlord as far as the courts are concerned and has the power to evict a sub-tenant with appropriate reasons known as just cause. You do not list any of the most basic reasons such as non payment of rent, or nuisance.
But here is a helpful site for all CA regarding landlord -tenant laws for specific areas :
http://www.rentlaw.com/californialandlordtenant.htm
Basically eviction is not easy and can be very expensive and time consuming. To date my husband and I are looking at about 2500.$ and possibly another month of the drug addict stealing whatevers not locked up (we are living out of 2 rooms crammed with 12 years of stuff!), hostility and huge stress while we do all the right things through the CA legal system. You may want to seek out mediation, if possible, before going this route. We thought mediation would work but since we're dealing with an unhealthy person , it hasn't.
Try and communicate with her before it gets worse and GOOD LUCK!