Harassment and lockouts in Bell Gardens

Retaliation claims may only be brought in court and may not be addressed administratively.

Interrupt, terminate, or fail to provide housing services required by rental agreement or by federal, state, or local housing, health, or safety laws, or threaten to do so, or violate California Civil Code Sections 789.3 and 1940.2.

Fail to perform repairs and maintenance required by rental agreement or by federal, state, or local laws;

Fail to exercise due diligence in completing repairs and maintenance once undertaken;

Fail to follow appropriate industry repair, containment, or remediation protocols designed to minimize exposure to noise, dust, lead, paint, mold, asbestos, or other building materials with potentially harmful health impacts;

Conduct elective renovation or construction of rental unit for the purpose of harassing a tenant;

Refuse to acknowledge or accept receipt of a tenant's lawful rent payment as set forth in a rental agreement, by usual practice of the parties, or in a notice to pay rent or quit;

Refuse to cash or process a rent check or other form of acceptable rent payment for over 30 days after it is tendered;

Fail to maintain a current address, in addition to any electronic payment methods, for delivery of rent payments;

Request information that violates a tenant's right to privacy, including, but not limited to, residency or citizenship status, protected class status, or social security number, except as required by law or in the case of a social security number, for the purpose of determining the tenant's qualifications for a tenancy;

Release information protected by the tenant's right to privacy except as required or authorized by law;

Request or demand an unreasonable amount of information from tenant in response to a request for reasonable accommodation.

Abuse the right of access into a rental unit as established by California Civil Code Section 1954 or other applicable law.

Influence or attempt to influence a tenant to vacate a rental unit through fraud, misrepresentation, intimidation or coercion, which shall include threatening to report a tenant to the United States Department of Homeland Security.

Threaten the tenant, by word or gesture, with physical harm, or repeatedly mistreat an occupant of a rental unit during in-person conversations, through social media postings or messages, or other communications, with language, verbal or written, that a reasonable person would consider likely to cause fear or provoke an immediate violent reaction.

Violate any law which prohibits discrimination based on race, gender, sexual preference, sexual orientation, ethnic background, nationality, religion, age, parenthood, marriage, pregnancy, disability, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), occupancy by a minor child, or source of income.

Take action to terminate any tenancy including service of any notice to quit or other eviction notice or bring any action to recover possession of a rental unit based upon facts which the landlord has no reasonable cause to believe to be true or upon a legal theory which is untenable under the facts known to the landlord.

Remove from the rental unit personal property, furnishings, or any other items without the prior written consent of the tenant, except when done pursuant to enforcement of a legal termination of tenancy.

Provide false written or verbal information regarding any federal, state, or local tenant protections, including mischaracterizing the nature or effect of a notice to quit or other eviction notice.

A tenant to vacate, including a buyout agreement offer, more frequently than once every six months, after the tenant has notified the landlord in writing that the tenant does not desire to receive further offers of payments to vacate.

Attempt to coerce the tenant to vacate accompanied with threats or intimidation. This shall not include settlement offers in pending eviction actions made in good faith and not accompanied with threats or intimidation.

Interfere with a tenant's right to quiet use and enjoyment of a rental unit as that right is defined by law.

Commit repeated acts or omissions of such significance as to substantially interfere with or disturb the comfort, repose, peace, or quiet of any person lawfully entitled to occupancy of such rental unit and that cause, are likely to cause, or are intended to cause any person lawfully entitled to occupancy of a rental unit to vacate such rental unit or to surrender or waive any rights in relation to such occupancy.

Interfere with the right of tenants to organize as tenants and engage in concerted activities with other tenants for the purpose of mutual aid and protection; provide property access to tenant organizers, advocates, or representatives working with or on behalf of tenants living at a property; convene tenant or tenant organization meetings in an appropriate space accessible to tenants under the terms of their rental agreement; or distribute and post literature in common areas, including lobby areas and bulletin boards, informing other tenants of their rights and of opportunities to involve themselves in organized tenant activit