How is his entire business model not illegal self-help evictions? Yes he signed a new lease, but there are already people living there that have their own set of rights–including removal via eviction hearings instead of being driven out by armed thugs.

Also:

Jacobs has a bone to pick with how the police, courts, and California as a whole handle squatters. The state should strive for a system like Florida’s, he said. A recent law there requires sheriffs to immediately remove illegal occupants reported by landlords, instead of compelling property owners to pursue a longer eviction process.

Our justice system should prioritize fact finding and agreement of guilt among one’s peers–not just have the sheriff decide you don’t belong. That’s the whole dammed point of evictions.

Princess bride come to life