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Section 1942

Citation
Section 1942
Parent Document
Drouet v. Superior Court, 73 P.3d 1185 (2003)
Jurisdiction
California (state)
Effective Date
2003-08-11

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As the majority recognizes, the Court of Appeal erred in concluding that the defense of retaliatory eviction under section 1942.5 may not be raised in unlawful detainer proceedings based upon the Ellis Act. As noted above, the Ellis Act clearly states that it does not supersede section 1942.5 and was not intended to "[o]verride procedural protections designed to prevent abuse of the right to evict tenants." (Gov. Code, § 7060.7, subd. (c); see id., § 7060.1, subd. (d).) The language of the Ellis Act clearly permits a tenant to raise the defense of retaliatory eviction in an unlawful detainer action.