(a)
A local agency shall not require a landlord to terminate a tenancy or fail to renew a tenancy based upon an act or acts against a tenant or a tenant’s household member that constitute domestic violence as defined in Section 6211 of the Family Code, sexual assault as defined in Section 1219 of the Code of Civil Procedure, stalking as defined in Section 1708.7 of the Civil Code or Section 646.9 of the Penal Code, human trafficking as defined in Section 236.1 of the Penal Code, or abuse of an elder or a dependent adult as defined in Section 15610.07 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, provided that the requirements of subdivision (a)
of Section 1161.3 of the Code of Civil Procedure are met.
(b)
A local agency shall not require a landlord to terminate a
tenancy or fail to renew a tenancy based upon the number of calls made by any person to the emergency telephone system relating to the tenant or a member of the tenant’s household being a victim of an act or acts that constitute domestic violence as defined in Section 6211 of the Family Code, sexual assault as defined in Section 1219 of the Code of Civil Procedure, stalking as defined in Section 1708.7 of the Civil Code or Section 646.9 of the Penal Code, human trafficking as defined in Section 236.1 of the Penal Code, or abuse of an elder or a dependent adult as defined in Section 15610.07 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, provided that the requirements of subdivision (a) of Section 1161.3 of the Code of Civil Procedure are met.
(c)
For the purposes of this section, “tenant” means tenant, subtenant, lessee, or sublessee.
(d)
For purposes of this section, “local agency” means a county, city, whether general law or chartered, city and county, town, housing authority, municipal corporation, district, political subdivision, or any board, commission, or agency thereof, or other local public agency.