(c) A single act may constitute harassment for purposes of
determining whether a vacancy was voluntary. A course of conduct is a pattern of
conduct composed of a series of acts over a period of time, however short, evidencing a
continuity of purpose. Acts constituting harassment include, but are not limited to the
following:
(i) Eviction on the grounds of owner or relative occupancy
pursuant to Rent Ordinance section 13(A)(9) or (10), which is not in good faith.
(ii) The threat or repeated threat to evict a tenant in bad faith,
under circumstances evidencing the landlord’s purpose to cause the tenant to vacate a
controlled rental unit;
(iii) Reduction in housing services under circumstances
evidencing the landlord’s purpose to cause the tenant to vacate a controlled rental unit;
(iv) Reduction in maintenance or failure to perform necessary
repairs or maintenance under circumstances evidencing the landlord’s purpose to
cause the tenant to vacate a controlled rental unit;
(v) Abuse of the landlord’s right of access into a residential unit
within the meaning of California Civil Code §1954;
(vi) Verbal or physical abuse or intimidation;
(d) A vacancy occurring as result of the filing of a Notice of Intent to
Withdraw under Government Code Section 7060-7060.7 (the Ellis Act) shall not be
considered voluntary.