Eviction and just cause in Alameda: the local rules

Each rule below links to the section of the Alameda Municipal Code it was read from, with the code text one click away (checked October 2026). General information, not legal advice.

What Alameda's code says

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Allowed at-fault reasons	Failure to pay rent. Applies: After proper notice; not if tenant tenders full rent within the notice period and landlord refuses or fails to accept or accepts any tendered rent. § 6-58.80 · code text A. Failure to pay rent. The Tenant upon proper notice has failed to pay the Rent to which the Landlord is entitled under a Rental Agreement; Breach of Rental Agreement Applies: Material and substantial breach, excluding surrender of possession upon proper notice, continues after written notice to cease; no notice for violent or physically threatening conduct. § 6-58.80 · code text B. Breach of Rental Agreement. The Tenant has continued, after the Landlord has served the Tenant with a written notice to cease, to commit a material and substantial breach of an obligation or covenant of the Tenancy other than the obligation to surrender possession upon proper notice, Nuisance in the rental unit or common area of the rental complex. Applies: Continues there after written notice to cease; no notice is needed for illegal activity, substantial damage, or an immediate public health or safety threat. § 6-58.80 · code text C. Nuisance. The Tenant has continued, after the Landlord has served the Tenant with a written notice to cease, to commit or expressly permit a nuisance on the Rental Unit or to the common area of the rental complex, Failure to give the landlord reasonable access to the rental unit. Applies: The tenant continues refusing after written notice; access is for inspection, required repairs or improvements, showing to a buyer or lender, or another reasonable purpose. § 6-58.80 · code text D. Failure to give access. The Tenant has continued to refuse, after the Landlord has served the Tenant with a written notice, to grant the Landlord reasonable access to the Rental Unit
Allowed no-fault reasons	Primary Residence for the landlord, spouse, registered domestic partner, parent, grandparent, child, grandchild, sibling, or parent-in-law or child-in-law. Applies: Natural-person landlord must own at least 50%; no vacant Comparable unit except for disability accommodation; occupy within 60 days and stay at least 3 years. § 6-58.80 · code text E. Owner move-in, the Landlord seeks in good faith to recover possession of the Rental Unit for use and occupancy as a Primary Residence by (1) the Landlord, (2) the Landlord's spouse or registered domestic partner, or (3) the Landlord's parent, grandparent, child, grandchild, brother, sister, father-in-law, mother-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law,

The California rule underneath

CA state law Underneath, California law still applies. Just cause required: After 12 months of lawful occupancy, the owner may terminate only for a just cause stated in the notice (Civ. Code § 1946.2(a)). Just-cause eviction in California — the full state rule →

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Alameda lists its own eviction reasons, including unpaid rent, lease breach, nuisance, refused access and owner or relative move-in.

Eviction and just cause in Alameda

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