| Prohibited acts |
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Reducing or cutting housing services required by a lease, contract or law, including leased parking. Applies: Except to comply with a court order or local, state or federal law, or to add an accessory dwelling unit or more housing.
§ 8.35.020 · code textReducing or eliminating housing services required by a lease, contract, or law, including the elimination of parking if provided in the tenant's lease or contract except when necessary to comply with a court order or local, State, or Federal law, or to create an accessory dwelling unit or additional housing. -
Not making and finishing needed repairs and maintenance on time, or not following laws limiting exposure to harmful building materials.
§ 8.35.020 · code textFailing to perform and timely complete necessary repairs and maintenance required by local, state, or federal housing, health, or safety laws; or failure to follow applicable local, State, or Federal laws to minimize exposure to noise, dust, lead paint, asbestos, or other building materials with potentially harmful health impacts. -
Abusing the right to enter, including entering, photographing or filming beyond a lawful entry or inspection.
§ 8.35.020 · code textAbusing the right of access into a rental unit as established and limited by California Civil Code Section 1954, including entering, photographing, or filming portions of a rental unit that are beyond the scope of a lawful entry or inspection. -
Threatening a tenant with physical harm.
§ 8.35.020 · code textThreatening a tenant, by word or gesture, with physical harm. -
Falsely telling a tenant they must move out, or luring them out by lying or hiding key facts.
§ 8.35.020 · code textMisrepresenting to a tenant that the tenant is required to vacate a rental unit or enticing a tenant to vacate a rental unit through an intentional misrepresentation or through intentional concealment or intentional omission of a material fact. -
Threatening or acting to end a tenancy based on facts the landlord knows or could have found were false. Applies: A landlord is not liable for an eviction lawsuit until the case ends in the tenant's favor.
§ 8.35.020 · code textThreatening or taking action to terminate any tenancy including service of any notice to quit or other eviction notice or bringing action to recover possession of a rental unit based on one or more facts which the landlord either knows to be false or could have determined through reasonable diligence were false. -
Threatening or doing anything that makes the unit unfit to live in.
§ 8.35.020 · code textThreatening to engage or engaging in any act or omission which renders the rental unit unfit for human habitation and occupancy. -
Refusing to acknowledge or accept lawful rent or other charges.
§ 8.35.020 · code textRefusing to acknowledge or accept receipt of lawful rent payments of rent or other charges as set forth in the lease agreement or as established by the usual practice of the parties or applicable law. -
Asking about immigration or citizenship status, or requiring statements, representations or certifications about it.
§ 8.35.020 · code textInquiring as to the immigration or citizenship status of a tenant, prospective additional tenant, occupant, or prospective additional occupant of a rental unit, or requiring any of these people to make any statement, representation, or certification concerning their immigration or citizenship status. -
Disclosing or threatening to disclose a tenant's immigration or citizenship status. Applies: Except under a lawful court order.
§ 8.35.020 · code textDisclosing or threatening to disclose to any person or entity information regarding the immigration or citizenship status of a tenant, whether in retaliation for engaging in legally protected activities, to influence them to vacate the rental unit, or for any other reason. -
Retaliating, threatening to retaliate, or interfering with tenant organizing.
§ 8.35.020 · code textRetaliating, threatening to retaliate, or interfering with tenant organizing activities, including forming or participating in tenant associations and unions. -
Demanding information that violates a tenant's privacy, such as residency, citizenship or Social Security number. Applies: Except as allowed by law.
§ 8.35.020 · code textDemanding information from a tenant that violates the tenant's right to privacy, including, but not limited to, demanding disclosure of the tenant's residency or citizenship status or social security number, except as authorized by law. -
Other repeated intentional acts or omissions substantially interfering with or disturbing a tenant's comfort, repose, peace, or quiet and causing, likely to cause, or intended to cause surrender or waiver of tenancy rights
§ 8.35.020 · code textOther repeated intentional acts or omissions of such significance as to substantially interfere with or disturb the comfort, repose, peace, or quiet of a tenant(s) and that cause, are likely to cause, or are committed with the objective to cause a tenant(s) to surrender or waive any rights in relation to such tenancy.
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