Long Beach landlords are barred from harassing tenants to force them out, including utility shut-offs, lockouts, threats, and bad-faith entry, under California Civil Code section 1940.2 and Long Beach Tenant Helpline guidance.
California Civil Code section 1940.2 prohibits landlord conduct intended to influence a tenant to vacate, including threats of force, immigration-status threats, lockouts, and termination of utilities. Civil Code section 1954 governs lawful entry, requiring twenty-four-hour written notice except emergencies. Long Beach reinforces these protections through the city's Tenant Helpline, which intakes harassment complaints and refers to legal aid. Tenants may seek civil penalties up to two thousand dollars per violation under section 1940.2, plus injunctive relief stopping ongoing harassment, and may use harassment as a defense in retaliation eviction cases.
Lockouts, utility shut-offs, threats, repeated unannounced entry, or immigration-status intimidation can trigger civil penalties up to two thousand dollars per violation, injunctions, and tenant retaliation defenses.
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