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Section 1942

Citation
Section 1942
Parent Document
Kriz v. Taylor, 92 Cal. App. 3d 302 (1979)
Jurisdiction
California (state)
Effective Date
1979-04-25

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Section 1942.5 was enacted into law as part of comprehensive landlord-tenant reform legislation. Assembly Bill No. 2033, 1970 Regular Session (Stats. 1970, ch. 1280) amended section 1942 and added sections 1941.1, 1941.2, 1942.1 and 1942.5. This bill, which established the statutory retaliatory eviction defense (§ 1942.5) also specified the conditions which rendered a dwelling “untenantable” (§ 1941.1), enunciated tenants’ responsibilities (§ 1941.2), clarified tenants’ rights to make repairs *311