Legal Question in Landlord & Tenant Law in California

First of all, you are in a periodic tenancy, which is also called a month to month tenancy. (Civ. Code, sect. 1945.) What that code section means is that when a fixed term lease ends, and the tenant continues to pay rent and occupy the property, the term is deemed renewed for each period of time between rent payments, in this case, it appears to be month to month.

Second of all, the landlord has every right to ask you to pay rent while you occupy the property. You don't get to live there for free just because you claim you are moving.

You don't indicate what kind of notice the landlord gave you to move, so the attorneys on this forum cannot tell you whether or not the notice is proper.

Mr. Roach is correct. I write to add that under the situation you describe, the landlord was/is required to give you 60-days notice if he/she wants to terminate the tenancy. He/she can't tell you in October to be out by Nov. 1.

The above are correct. You are required 60 days notice. That is the law.

You are not entitled to a 60 day notice if you have failed to pay rent. If you have failed to pay rent, you get a 3 day notice, not a 60 day notice.