Where We Practice

Serving Southern California

Baghikian Law represents landlords and tenants throughout Southern California. Select your city below.

Los Angeles

Los Angeles County

Los Angeles has the largest and most diverse rental market in California, with millions of renters in apartment buildings ranging from pre-war courtyard units to modern high-rises across dozens of distinct neighborhoods.

Los Angeles landlord-tenant lawyer

Long Beach

Los Angeles County

Long Beach has a large renter population with a mix of older multi-family stock downtown and in North Long Beach alongside beachside apartments near Belmont Shore.

Long Beach landlord-tenant lawyer

Glendale

Los Angeles County

Glendale has a dense urban rental core along Brand Boulevard and Verdugo Road, with high demand from Armenian-American and Latino communities and relatively limited new supply.

Glendale landlord-tenant lawyer

Inglewood

Los Angeles County

Inglewood's rental market has transformed rapidly due to SoFi Stadium and the Clippers arena projects, with rising rents and significant redevelopment pressure in neighborhoods near the airport and entertainment complex.

Inglewood landlord-tenant lawyer

Burbank

Los Angeles County

Burbank is a media-industry hub with a mix of post-war apartments and newer developments, with renters competing heavily for units near studio lots and the Golden State Freeway corridor.

Burbank landlord-tenant lawyer

Compton

Los Angeles County

Compton has a predominantly renter-majority population in older single-family and small multi-family units, with ongoing community investment near the new Compton Courthouse revitalization area.

Compton landlord-tenant lawyer

Huntington Park

Los Angeles County

Huntington Park is a densely populated, predominantly Latino working-class city with aging apartment stock along Pacific Boulevard and high renter occupancy rates.

Huntington Park landlord-tenant lawyer

Lynwood

Los Angeles County

Lynwood is a small, dense city south of South Gate with a predominantly renter population in older apartment buildings, primarily covered by state AB 1482 tenant protections.

Lynwood landlord-tenant lawyer

Norwalk

Los Angeles County

Norwalk is a suburban city in southeast LA County with a large renter population in single-family rentals and small apartment complexes, served by the Metro Green Line.

Norwalk landlord-tenant lawyer

Paramount

Los Angeles County

Paramount is a small industrial-residential city in southeast LA County with older apartment stock and a largely working-class renter population relying on AB 1482 for tenant protections.

Paramount landlord-tenant lawyer

Maywood

Los Angeles County

Maywood is one of the smallest and most densely populated cities in LA County, with a near-total renter population in older multi-family buildings now protected by the city's 2023 rent stabilization ordinance.

Maywood landlord-tenant lawyer

Cudahy

Los Angeles County

Cudahy is a tiny, densely populated city south of Bell Gardens with nearly all residents renting older multi-family units, now covered by a local rent stabilization ordinance enacted in 2023.

Cudahy landlord-tenant lawyer

Northridge

Los Angeles County (neighborhood of Los Angeles)

Northridge is a large San Fernando Valley neighborhood with a dense student rental market near Cal State Northridge and established apartment corridors along Reseda and Corbin Boulevards.

Northridge landlord-tenant lawyer

Woodland Hills

Los Angeles County (neighborhood of Los Angeles)

Woodland Hills is an affluent west San Fernando Valley neighborhood anchored by the Warner Center business district, with newer high-rise apartments and older hillside rental stock.

Woodland Hills landlord-tenant lawyer

Pacoima

Los Angeles County (neighborhood of Los Angeles)

Pacoima is a working-class northeast San Fernando Valley community with a high renter population in older single-family rentals and small apartment complexes, with significant Latino community presence.

Pacoima landlord-tenant lawyer

Sylmar

Los Angeles County (neighborhood of Los Angeles)

Sylmar is a large, low-density northeast San Fernando Valley neighborhood bordering the San Gabriel Mountains, with a mix of single-family rentals and apartment complexes along its main commercial corridors.

Sylmar landlord-tenant lawyer

Pasadena

Los Angeles County

Pasadena has a diverse rental market ranging from historic courtyard bungalows and craftsman flats to modern apartments near the Gold Line, with significant renter protections under a 2022 voter-approved rent stabilization charter amendment.

Pasadena landlord-tenant lawyer

Santa Monica

Los Angeles County

Santa Monica has among the strongest tenant protections in California with a long-standing elected Rent Control Board, a large stock of rent-controlled apartments from pre-1979 construction, and premium coastal rents.

Santa Monica landlord-tenant lawyer

Van Nuys

Los Angeles County (neighborhood of Los Angeles)

Van Nuys is one of the most densely populated neighborhoods in the San Fernando Valley, with a predominantly working-class renter majority in older apartment complexes along major boulevards.

Van Nuys landlord-tenant lawyer

Torrance

Los Angeles County

Torrance is a large South Bay city with a mix of suburban single-family rentals and older apartment complexes, primarily a homeowner-majority city with AB 1482 as the sole renter protection.

Torrance landlord-tenant lawyer

Downey

Los Angeles County

Downey is a suburban southeast LA County city with a stable rental market, aging apartment stock along Firestone Boulevard, and among the lowest vacancy rates in the region.

Downey landlord-tenant lawyer

West Hollywood

Los Angeles County

West Hollywood has one of California's strongest rent control ordinances protecting pre-1979 apartment stock, a 1.9-square-mile city with very high rental demand and rents well above the LA County median.

West Hollywood landlord-tenant lawyer

Culver City

Los Angeles County

Culver City has become a tech and media hub (Amazon Studios, Apple TV+) with surging rents, a local rent stabilization ordinance protecting older tenants, and a tight rental market in its compact 5-square-mile footprint.

Culver City landlord-tenant lawyer

North Hollywood

Los Angeles County (neighborhood of Los Angeles)

North Hollywood's rental market centers on the NoHo Arts District near the Metro Red Line terminus, with a mix of pre-war apartments, new transit-oriented projects, and a heavy concentration of entertainment industry workers.

North Hollywood landlord-tenant lawyer

Sherman Oaks

Los Angeles County (neighborhood of Los Angeles)

Sherman Oaks is a mid-market San Fernando Valley neighborhood with high rental demand from professionals, featuring older apartment buildings near Ventura Boulevard and newer units near the 405 Freeway.

Sherman Oaks landlord-tenant lawyer

El Monte

Los Angeles County

El Monte is a dense San Gabriel Valley city with a large working-class renter population in older apartments, conveniently located at major freeway interchanges with affordable rents relative to western LA County.

El Monte landlord-tenant lawyer

Pomona

Los Angeles County

Pomona is the largest city in the San Gabriel Valley with a significant student population (Cal Poly Pomona nearby) and a mix of affordable older apartments and single-family rentals under a local rent stabilization ordinance.

Pomona landlord-tenant lawyer

Alhambra

Los Angeles County

Alhambra is a heavily Asian-American San Gabriel Valley city with strong rental demand, moderate rents compared to the Westside, and a dense older apartment stock along Main Street and Valley Boulevard.

Alhambra landlord-tenant lawyer

Bell

Los Angeles County

Bell is a small, densely populated city near the LA River with a nearly all-renter population in older apartment buildings, known for its diverse working-class Latino community.

Bell landlord-tenant lawyer

Bell Gardens

Los Angeles County

Bell Gardens is a tiny, densely built working-class city east of Huntington Park, with a predominantly renter population now protected by a local rent control ordinance enacted in 2022.

Bell Gardens landlord-tenant lawyer

South Gate

Los Angeles County

South Gate is a mid-size southeast LA County city with a large renter population in single-family and small multi-family rentals, relying solely on AB 1482 after voters rejected a local rent control measure.

South Gate landlord-tenant lawyer

Hawthorne

Los Angeles County

Hawthorne is a South Bay city near LAX and the SpaceX campus with a dense rental market of older post-war apartments and strong demand from aerospace and tech workers, covered only by state AB 1482.

Hawthorne landlord-tenant lawyer

Gardena

Los Angeles County

Gardena is a diverse South Bay city known for its Japanese-American community and casino card clubs, with affordable older apartment stock and AB 1482 as the sole tenant protection.

Gardena landlord-tenant lawyer

Whittier

Los Angeles County

Whittier is a historically significant foothill city (birthplace of Richard Nixon) with charming Uptown districts, older craftsman rental housing, and suburban apartment complexes along Whittier Boulevard.

Whittier landlord-tenant lawyer

Pico Rivera

Los Angeles County

Pico Rivera is a suburban southeast LA County city with a predominantly Latino working-class renter population in modest single-family rentals and small apartment complexes along Washington Boulevard.

Pico Rivera landlord-tenant lawyer

Montebello

Los Angeles County

Montebello is a mid-size southeast LA County city with a stable, working-class renter base in older apartments and single-family rentals, situated between the 60 and 5 Freeways.

Montebello landlord-tenant lawyer

Reseda

Los Angeles County (neighborhood of Los Angeles)

Reseda is a central San Fernando Valley neighborhood with a large working-class rental market in older apartment buildings, offering some of the most affordable rents in the City of LA.

Reseda landlord-tenant lawyer

Canoga Park

Los Angeles County (neighborhood of Los Angeles)

Canoga Park is a west San Fernando Valley neighborhood with a mix of affordable older apartments and newer Warner Center-adjacent developments, heavily populated by working-class renters covered under the City of LA RSO.

Canoga Park landlord-tenant lawyer

Panorama City

Los Angeles County (neighborhood of Los Angeles)

Panorama City is a dense, predominantly Latino neighborhood in the central San Fernando Valley with aging apartment stock, one of the highest renter concentrations in the Valley, and active RSO enforcement by LAHD.

Panorama City landlord-tenant lawyer