California Civil Code §1941.1 and Health & Safety Code §17920.3 set habitability standards for rental housing. WSMC §15.12 (California Building Code) and §15.14 (California Fire Code) provide enforceable standards.
Landlords must provide effective waterproofing, plumbing, hot/cold running water, heating, electrical lighting, working smoke and CO alarms, an unbroken structure, and clean common areas. Tenants may report substandard conditions to Code Enforcement; the City inspects on complaint and issues notices to repair. Retaliation against tenants for code complaints is illegal under Civil Code §1942.5.
Notice and Order to Repair under §15.12 / state housing law; failure to comply can trigger code-enforcement penalties and tenant remedies.
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