Silva

I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

A. The Parties and Their Dispute In 2001 Agens purchased a single-family home in Los Angeles and occupied it as his primary residence. In 2010, he relocated to Ukiah, where he had purchased another property he intended to develop as a farm. Agens listed the Los Angeles house for rent and, in April of 2010, leased it to Silva. Thereafter, Silva and Agens executed a series of one-year leases. All of the leases were for the entire residence, but by informal arrangement, Agens retained control of the basement, using it to store personal property and as a place to sleep during his occasional visits to Los Angeles. In March of 2019, Agens informed Silva that he would be returning to Los Angeles and planned to move into his house when Silva’s then-current lease ended in December of that year. Although Silva initially expressed displeasure and requested additional time to relocate, Agens reminded her that he had told

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2 her for some months that he intended to return to Los Angeles. On March 31, 2019, Silva sent a message to Agens apologizing for “snapping”…