Just cause eviction rules in Redding, CA — sometimes called tenant protection or "for cause" eviction ordinances — list the specific legal reasons a landlord can end a tenancy.
Redding has no local just-cause ordinance, so the statewide Tenant Protection Act of 2019 (AB 1482, Civil Code §1946.2) controls. After 12 months of continuous occupancy, a landlord may terminate tenancy only for at-fault cause (non-payment, breach, nuisance) or no-fault cause (owner move-in, withdrawal from market, substantial remodel, government order). No-fault terminations require one month of rent as relocation assistance or waiver of the final month's rent.
Under Civil Code §1946.2, after a tenant has continuously and lawfully occupied a Redding rental for 12 months, the landlord may only terminate for one of the enumerated 'just causes.' At-fault causes include default in payment of rent, material breach of the lease after written cure notice, commission of waste, criminal activity on the premises, refusal to execute a similar lease, or refusal to allow lawful entry. No-fault causes are limited to (1) intent to occupy by the owner or a close family member, (2) withdrawal of the unit from the rental market (Ellis-style), (3) compliance with a government order or local ordinance requiring vacancy, or (4) intent to demolish or substantially remodel. For any no-fault termination, the landlord must either pay one month's rent in relocation assistance or waive the tenant's last month rent under §1946.2(d). The same exemptions that apply to AB 1482 rent caps also apply to just-cause: corporate-owned status changes the analysis, but most individually owned SFRs and condos, owner-occupied duplexes, and units less than 15 years old are exempt. A required addendum disclosing AB 1482 status must be attached to every Redding lease for a covered unit per §1946.2(f). Redding has not enacted any supplemental just-cause ordinance, and Shasta County is not a Costa-Hawkins-restricted rent-control jurisdiction.
A landlord who terminates a covered Redding tenancy without just cause, or fails to pay required relocation assistance, may be liable in Shasta County Superior Court for actual damages, treble damages and attorney fees if the violation is willful (§1946.2(h)). Tenants commonly assert AB 1482 as a defense to unlawful detainer actions. The California Department of Real Estate and Attorney General's Office investigate patterns of violation; the city itself does not enforce AB 1482 administratively.
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