SB 1017 prohibits a landlord from terminating or failing to renew a lease based on an act of abuse or violence against a tenant, a tenant’s immediate family member, or a tenant’s household member and provides for civil damages in the event a landlord violates this law. ALso provides that a landlord’s violation of these provisions is an affirmative defense to a cause of action for unlawful detainer.
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