Lara

I. FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

In 2002, respondent Adair Lara bought a six-unit Victorian house at 888/898 14th Street in the city of San Francisco. One of the units is 894 14th Street, which was leased by the previous owner to Peter Menchini in 1995. Lara inherited this lease when she purchased the house. Menchini paid rent to Lara. Rent was due on the 5th day of each month. On November 1, 2016, appellant Larysa Bogachyk Volynets moved into 894 14th Street. Volynets wrote a $720 check for Menchini once a month for rent, and placed it on the fridge. On April 1, 2017, appellant Kevin Bard moved into 894 14th Street. Bard also wrote $720 checks monthly for Menchini, and placed them on the fridge. On January 1, 2019, appellant Allison Matamoros moved into 894 14th Street. Menchini did not pay rent in December 2018. Bard and Volynets went that month to the Q Foundation, which provides rental assistance, “to set up a third-party payment process . . . so that Mr. Menchini could pay his December rent.” Lara accepted a third-party rental assistance check from the Q Foundation for Menchini’s December rent. (See Civ. Code, § 1947.3, subd. (a)(3).) Menchini himself paid rent for January…