Can my landlord enforce a 60-day move-out notice?
Quick question here from Santa Monica. It's mid-August and I'm about to sign a lease to move in with my boyfriend in an apartment where the new lease will begin Sept. 15.
I have been subletting a space in a three-bedroom Santa Monica apartment with two other girls for the last three years. We are month to month. When I told them I'd be moving out, I thought I was giving them ample time (45 days), but they said they actually require a 60-day notice. At this point, that would mean I'm paying rent through NOVEMBER even though I'm about to give our landlord notice in August... how does that make any sense??
Anyway, I went through all of the leases we have on file and here's what I found. In 2019, my two current roommates and their then-roommate signed a lease agreement that, yes, said they were required to give 60 days' notice.
But in 2020, one of my current roommates and a different girl (let's just call her Jessica) signed a NEW lease agreement - this one said nothing about 60 days, and the only paragraph about moving out said 30 days was required. After Jessica moved out, I signed on as a subletter in 2023. The amendment that I signed in order to be on the lease as a subletter referred to the new lease signed in 2020 - NOT the one from 2019.
Are there any legal grounds for the landlord/my roommates to enforce the 60 days notice listed in the 2019 lease? My roommates seem to think yes and are expecting me to pay through November but I think that's a bit absurd...