(CA) Landlord Harassment
Good afternoon,
I rent a room in a house where the landlord lives with her husband as well as 2 other roommates.
My lease is month to month and not only has she been harassing me but shes also let someone into the room who had been stalking me.
I asked her about how often she deletes the camera footage and she got defensive, not only did she make changes to the lease to try and cover herself but I also noticed that she is always watching me from the cameras.
I came home with groceries one day (I've only cooked twice in the almost year I've been here) and she said not to cook too late okay but I work a lot so my schedule doesn't allow a reasonable hour and then she changed it to I am no longer allowed to use the kitchen even though I sent her a screenshot of previous texts stipulating that I could.
I know I need to move out but I also don't really understand if I am a lodger or a tenant because theres more than one person renting a room from her, we all have separate leases.
Please advise.
Edit to add: Other instances of harassment include; her threatening to change the code to the door, trying to issue warnings to kick me out even though they were unjustified (making noise when I'm getting ready for work early in the morning), Touched my food in the fridge and put in a bag, Several instances of disrespect, discrimination against my religion/faith, and not telling me when she is entering my room even though in the lease it says she needs to give me at least 24 hour notice.
Posted Oct 11, 2025, 7:48 PM UTC