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DRAFT FOR ATTORNEY REVIEW — NOT FINAL

Section 1942

Citation
Section 1942
Parent Document
Barela v. Superior Court, 636 P.2d 582 (1981)
Jurisdiction
California (state)
Effective Date
1981-11-27

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Thus, every citizen has a right protected by state law to report criminal violations to the police. Since petitioner merely engaged in a peaceful and lawful exercise of this basic right when she reported her landlord’s crime to the police, her eviction violated the statutory prohibition against evictions in retaliation for the exercise of any rights under the law. (§ 1942.5, subd. (c).) 7 *253