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Harassment and lockouts in Inglewood

Inglewood's own rules on harassment and lockouts, with the code text for every value, and the state law underneath.

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Each rule below links to the section of the Inglewood Municipal Code it was read from, with the code text one click away (checked October 2026). General information, not legal advice.

What Inglewood's code says

Inglewood code What Inglewood's code adds
Penalties	Actual and punitive damages, plus a court order (injunctive relief). Applies: For retaliation, when the tenant files a civil lawsuit. § 8-133 · code text it may serve as the basis for a civil action by the tenant for actual and punitive damages and injunctive relief.
Tenant lawsuits	Yes; the tenant can sue in civil court. Applies: For retaliation by the owner. § 8-133 · code text it may serve as the basis for a civil action by the tenant for actual and punitive damages and injunctive relief.
Prohibited acts	Retaliate against a tenant by threatening or bringing a possession action, causing involuntary vacancy, serving a notice to quit or termination notice, decreasing housing services, or increasing rent because the tenant exercised legal rights, requested or participated in mediation or arbitration, or participated in litigation § 8-133 · code text No owner may threaten to bring, or bring, an action to recover possession of a rental unit, cause the tenant to quit a rental unit involuntarily, serve any notice to quit or notice of termination of tenancy, decrease any housing services or increase the rent where the owner's intent is to retaliate against the tenant Cutting off or failing to provide required housing services. Applies: When done in bad faith, for any tenancy this law protects. § 8-133 · code text Interrupt, terminate, or fail to provide housing services required by contract or by State, County or local housing, health or safety laws; Failing to make required repairs and maintenance. Applies: When done in bad faith, for any tenancy this law protects. § 8-133 · code text Fail to perform repairs and maintenance required by contract or by State, County, or local housing, health or safety laws; Not using due diligence to finish repairs and maintenance once started. Applies: When done in bad faith, for any tenancy this law protects. § 8-133 · code text Fail to exercise due diligence in completing repairs and maintenance once undertaken; Abusing the owner's right to enter the unit, such as improper inspections, excessive entries, targeting tenants, or collecting unrelated evidence. Applies: When done in bad faith, for any tenancy this law protects. § 8-133 · code text Abuse the owner's right of access into a rental unit as that right is specified in California Civil Code Section 1954. Abusing a tenant with offensive words inherently likely to provoke an immediate violent reaction. Applies: When done in bad faith, for any tenancy this law protects. § 8-133 · code text Abuse a tenant with words which are offensive and inherently likely to provoke an immediate violent reaction; Trying to get a tenant to move out through fraud, intimidation, or coercion. Applies: When done in bad faith, for any tenancy this law protects. § 8-133 · code text Influence or attempt to influence a tenant to vacate a rental unit through fraud, intimidation or coercion; Threatening a tenant with physical harm by word or gesture. Applies: When done in bad faith, for any tenancy this law protects. § 8-133 · code text Threaten a tenant, by word or gesture, with physical harm; Breaking laws against discrimination based on protected characteristics. Applies: When done in bad faith, for any tenancy this law protects. § 8-133 · code text Violate any law which prohibits discrimination based on race, gender, sexual preference, sexual orientation, ethnic background, nationality, religion, age, parenthood, marriage, pregnancy, disability, AIDS, occupancy by a minor child, or any other legally protected class; Ending a tenancy, serving an eviction notice or suing for possession without reasonable cause or on an untenable legal theory. Applies: When done in bad faith, for any tenancy this law protects. § 8-133 · code text 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 owner has no reasonable cause to believe to be true or upon a legal theory which is untenable under the facts known to the owner. Interfering with a tenant's right to quiet use and enjoyment. Applies: When done in bad faith, for any tenancy this law protects. § 8-133 · code text Interfere with a tenant's right to quiet use and enjoyment of a rental unit as that right is defined by California law; Refusing to acknowledge a tenant's lawful rent payment. Applies: When done in bad faith, for any tenancy this law protects. § 8-133 · code text Refuse to acknowledge receipt of a tenant's lawful rent payment; Interfering with a tenant's privacy, such as entering or photographing beyond the scope of a lawful entry or inspection. Applies: When done in bad faith, for any tenancy this law protects. § 8-133 · code text Interfere with a tenant's right to privacy, including, but not limited to, entering or photographing portions of a rental unit that are beyond the scope of a lawful entry or inspection.

The California rule underneath

Where Inglewood's rule above does not cover a situation, state law still applies. For the statewide rule on its own, see Tenant harassment and lockouts in California.

CA state law The statewide rule underneath
Lockouts and self-help eviction banned	A landlord may not change locks, remove doors or windows, or remove the tenant's belongings to force a tenant out Civ. Code § 789.3(b)
Utility shutoffs banned	A landlord may not cut off water, heat, electricity, gas or other utilities to force a tenant out Civ. Code § 789.3(a)
Lockout / shutoff penalty	Actual damages plus up to $100 per day of violation, at least $250 per cause of action, and attorney's fees Civ. Code § 789.3(c), (d)

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