No Guests Allowed Rules

My question involves landlord-tenant law in the State of: California.


I rent a room from a man and his girlfriend who lease it from the owner. Theyd been living here for a little less than a year prior to me moving in. Originally there were no agreed upon terms of limitation or regulation of "guests". Then after living here for a couple months and having brought a few friends over occasionally its mentioned to me that they feel "uncomfortable" with me having people they "havent met" in the house while they are sleeping. I began introducing people to them which(somehow) just resulted in me being almost completely restricted from bringing anyone over, the only exception being my girlfriend which theyd met but never really been too social with because my girlfriend is kind of shy.

For the most part she only came over everyday, Monday-Thursday from around 10am-3pm while her mom was at work amongst other occasions but never staying more than a day and a night. One day my roommates girlfriend starts POUNDING on my bedroom door as hard as she can for about 2 minutes two different times within about 30 minutes. Somehow I slept through the first time she did it but woke up the second time and opened the door which is when she immediately begins to yell at my girlfriend, who did nothing wrong at all, about how she wants her to leave and how I "dont pay for utilities" and I "hardly pay rent" ect.. Also saying irrelevant things like she has a job and I do nothing all day but make her life harder. I pay rent monthly, on time every month, I dont feel like I'm an inconvenience seeing as how I wash any dishes I use(before and after despite how messy they leave the kitchen), take out the trash in common areas when I feel like its my turn to do so, clean up (their)trash and slightly organize things in common areas from time to time and I dont cause any kind of trouble or make too much noise. If anything, my tenancy here has been beneficial to them because I have just given them stuff that I think they might like or need, examples include a laptop bag, "The Used Maybe Memories DVD", letting him use my bike whenever needed because his didnt "ride right"..

Well, the situation pretty much resulted in her boyfriend(the one renting the room to me) acting as a mediator again and telling me how "it'd be cool if I wouldnt bring tiffany around as much"/"stop bringing her around on a daily". So a couple days go by and I bring her home with me and we go in my room. Immediately my roommate starts texting me, harassing me about how he wants her out before she wakes up and he doesnt want to hear about this one from his girlfriend and this and that.. Ive already been kind of looking for a new living situation just because my roommates standards are just ridiculous but my roommate now feels like im "trying to get him in shit"(with his girlfriend) by simply hanging out with my girlfriend..

To sum things up, Im not allowed to have my girlfriend over simply because she did not say "hi" to my roommates girlfriend. She is unreasonable and irrational and i dont know what to do.

there is a difference between having people over and people sleeping over. Is their problem with the first or second situation?

Neither, then both. Its more the first though.Honestly, I believe she is just upset because she has no friends because they moved from southern California. I come to this conclusion because the only friends of mine she allows over are the ones that socialize and get all "buddy buddy" with her, which I would normally encourage if it didnt result in both my roommates hanging out in my room with me and my friend almost everytime.

Obviously it is time to find new living arrangements. They generally do not have a right to restrict visitors. They quite likely have a right to limit overnight guests. Their lease may even severely limit that. If it does, then they could risk eviction by you having overnight guests if it is in contrast to the rules of their lease.

So, at this point, while looking for new living arrangements, it is pretty much up to you to either attempt to not make waves or deal with the waves you make.

Renting the room to me is already a risk for them because they are hiding the fact from the landlord. Most of this drama unfolded(and is still unfolding) immediately after I paid, in full, rent. Do I have to move out in 30 days or 30 days after the expiration of this months paid rent?

you do not have to move out until your landlord gives you proper notice. That is generally 30 days. I believe in California is is required to be in writing although the courts have accepted the tenants acknowledgment of notice, even if not in writing, adequate to be considered adequate.

So I dont have to move out until 30 days after they tell me to?

they are required to give you at least a 30 day notice of termination of your rental agreement. They cannot require you to leave prior to the expiration of that period of time. In fact, they can never actually force you to leave. A court of law is the only entity that can actually have you removed from a premises. For that to happen, they would have to file a suit to evict you.

What can/should I do in the mean time about the obsequiously reluctant harassment that, until i move out, Im sure to endure starting in approximately 28 minutes? As well as the flagrant and erratic behavior of his girlfriend. .

Uhm...obsequiously reluctant harassment? How does that even work?