BILL NUMBER: AB 319	ENROLLED
	BILL TEXT

	PASSED THE SENATE  JUNE 26, 2014
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  JUNE 30, 2014
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 24, 2014
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JANUARY 9, 2014
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JANUARY 6, 2014

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Campos

                        FEBRUARY 12, 2013

   An act to add Article 10 (commencing with Section 53165) to
Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code,
relating to local agencies.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 319, Campos. Local agencies: domestic violence.
   Existing law specifies the powers and duties common to cities,
counties, and other public agencies. Existing law defines domestic
violence, sexual assault, stalking, human trafficking, and abuse of
an elder or dependent adult.
   This bill would prohibit a local agency, as defined, from
requiring a landlord to terminate a tenancy or fail to renew a
tenancy based upon an act against a tenant or a tenant's household
member that constitutes domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking,
human trafficking, and abuse of an elder or dependent adult or based
upon the number of calls made by a person to the emergency telephone
system relating to the tenant or a member of the tenant's household
being a victim of an act constituting domestic violence, sexual
assault, stalking, human trafficking, and abuse of an elder or
dependent adult.
   The bill would also declare that the need to protect tenants
referenced in this bill is a matter of statewide concern and not a
municipal affair, and that, therefore, all cities, including charter
cities, would be subject to the provisions of the bill.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Article 10 (commencing with Section 53165) is added to
Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code,
to read:

      Article 10.  Prohibition on Requiring Landlords to Terminate A
Tenancy


   53165.  (a) A local agency shall not require a landlord to
terminate a tenancy or fail to renew a tenancy based upon an act or
acts against a tenant or a tenant's household member that constitute
domestic violence as defined in Section 6211 of the Family Code,
sexual assault as defined in Section 1219 of the Code of Civil
Procedure, stalking as defined in Section 1708.7 of the Civil Code or
Section 646.9 of the Penal Code, human trafficking as defined in
Section 236.1 of the Penal Code, or abuse of an elder or a dependent
adult as defined in Section 15610.07 of the Welfare and Institutions
Code, provided that the requirements of subdivision (a) of Section
1161.3 of the Code of Civil Procedure are met.
   (b) A local agency shall not require a landlord to terminate a
tenancy or fail to renew a tenancy based upon the number of calls
made by any person to the emergency telephone system relating to the
tenant or a member of the tenant's household being a victim of an act
or acts that constitute domestic violence as defined in Section 6211
of the Family Code, sexual assault as defined in Section 1219 of the
Code of Civil Procedure, stalking as defined in Section 1708.7 of
the Civil Code or Section 646.9 of the Penal Code, human trafficking
as defined in Section 236.1 of the Penal Code, or abuse of an elder
or a dependent adult as defined in Section 15610.07 of the Welfare
and Institutions Code, provided that the requirements of subdivision
(a) of Section 1161.3 of the Code of Civil Procedure are met.
   (c) For the purposes of this section, "tenant" means tenant,
subtenant, lessee, or sublessee.
   (d) For purposes of this section, "local agency" means a county,
city, whether general law or chartered, city and county, town,
housing authority, municipal corporation, district, political
subdivision, or any board, commission, or agency thereof, or other
local public agency.
  SEC. 2.  The Legislature finds and declares that the need to
protect tenants referenced in this bill is a matter of statewide
concern, and not merely a municipal affair, as that term is used in
Section 5 of Article XI of the California Constitution. Therefore,
this act shall apply to charter cities.