{"id":2367,"date":"2021-10-25T03:56:38","date_gmt":"2021-10-25T03:56:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crowdsourcelawyers.com\/judicial-council-california-civil-jury-instructions-caci\/?page_id=2367"},"modified":"2022-05-09T19:57:22","modified_gmt":"2022-05-09T19:57:22","slug":"caci-4321-affirmative-defense-retaliatory-eviction-tenants-complaint-civ-code-%c2%a7-1942-5","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/crowdsourcelawyers.com\/judicial-council-california-civil-jury-instructions-caci\/caci-4321-affirmative-defense-retaliatory-eviction-tenants-complaint-civ-code-%c2%a7-1942-5\/","title":{"rendered":"CACI 4321 Affirmative Defense\u2014Retaliatory Eviction\u2014Tenant\u2019s Complaint (Civ. Code, \u00a7\u20091942.5)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-kv3dzah8-9969a975fe824e7838e868b9cb0b9caf\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-kv3dzah8-9969a975fe824e7838e868b9cb0b9caf{\npadding-bottom:10px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-kv3dzah8-9969a975fe824e7838e868b9cb0b9caf .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-kv3dzah8-9969a975fe824e7838e868b9cb0b9caf .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-kv3dzah8-9969a975fe824e7838e868b9cb0b9caf av-special-heading-h1 blockquote modern-quote  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_hr  avia-builder-el-first '><h1 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >CACI 4321 Affirmative Defense\u2014Retaliatory Eviction\u2014Tenant\u2019s Complaint (Civ. Code, \u00a7\u20091942.5)<\/h1><div class='av-subheading av-subheading_below'><p>California Civil Jury Instructions CACI<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div  class='hr av-av_hr-91d7ccd583a503147498e120fee2ff9b hr-default  avia-builder-el-1  el_after_av_heading  el_before_avia_sc_search '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-avia_sc_search-f7f83518637509acfac1c9900b84c1e7\">\n#top .avia_search_element.av-avia_sc_search-f7f83518637509acfac1c9900b84c1e7 .av_searchform_wrapper{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\nborder-color:#edae44;\nbackground-color:#edae44;\n}\n#top .avia_search_element.av-avia_sc_search-f7f83518637509acfac1c9900b84c1e7 #s.av-input-field{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n#top .avia_search_element.av-avia_sc_search-f7f83518637509acfac1c9900b84c1e7 #searchsubmit{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n#top .avia_search_element.av-avia_sc_search-f7f83518637509acfac1c9900b84c1e7 .av_searchsubmit_wrapper{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n.ajax_search_response.av-avia_sc_search-f7f83518637509acfac1c9900b84c1e7{\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\nmargin:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia_search_element av-avia_sc_search-f7f83518637509acfac1c9900b84c1e7  avia-builder-el-2  el_after_av_hr  el_before_av_textblock '><search><form action='https:\/\/crowdsourcelawyers.com\/judicial-council-california-civil-jury-instructions-caci\/' id='searchform_element' method='get' class='' data-element_id='av-avia_sc_search-f7f83518637509acfac1c9900b84c1e7' ><div class='av_searchform_wrapper'><input type='search' value='' id='s' name='s' placeholder='Search CACI' aria-label='Search CACI' class='av-input-field ' required \/><div class='av_searchsubmit_wrapper '><input type='submit' value='Find' id='searchsubmit' class='button ' title='View results on search page' aria-label='View results on search page' \/><\/div><input type='hidden' name='numberposts' value='8' \/><input type='hidden' name='post_type' value='page' \/><input type='hidden' name='results_hide_fields' value='post_titles,meta,image' \/><\/div><\/form><\/search><\/div>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-av_textblock-e878f05c31dff72941bf1e49a00d9ff5 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/crowdsourcelawyers.com\/judicial-council-california-civil-jury-instructions-caci\/\">CACI Jury Instructions Index<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/caci-fillable-forms.crowdsourcelawyers.com\/\">App: CACI Jury Instructions Fillable Forms Word Format<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<div  class='hr av-6wft4v-ec679bbd490cab2d1ad2c406a633b9d6 hr-default  avia-builder-el-4  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_textblock '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-kv3e0uu3-c790adb436072699c0e643125fe49b64\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-kv3e0uu3-c790adb436072699c0e643125fe49b64 .avia_textblock{\nfont-size:20px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-kv3e0uu3-c790adb436072699c0e643125fe49b64 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h2 class=\"SS_Banner\">4321\u00a0Affirmative Defense\u2014Retaliatory Eviction\u2014Tenant\u2019s Complaint (Civ. Code, \u00a7\u20091942.5)<\/h2>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span class=\"SS_bf\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_bf\">[<\/span><span class=\"SS_it\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_it\">Name of defendant<\/span><span class=\"SS_bf\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_bf\">] claims that [<\/span><span class=\"SS_it\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_it\">name of plaintiff<\/span><span class=\"SS_bf\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_bf\">] is not entitled to evict [him\/her\/<\/span><span class=\"SS_it\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_it\">nonbinary pronoun<\/span><span class=\"SS_bf\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_bf\">\/it] because [<\/span><span class=\"SS_it\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_it\">name of plaintiff<\/span><span class=\"SS_bf\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_bf\">] filed this lawsuit in retaliation for [<\/span><span class=\"SS_it\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_it\">name of defendant<\/span><span class=\"SS_bf\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_bf\">]\u2019s having exercised [his\/her\/<\/span><span class=\"SS_it\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_it\">nonbinary pronoun<\/span><span class=\"SS_bf\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_bf\">\/its] rights as a tenant. To succeed on this defense, [<\/span><span class=\"SS_it\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_it\">name of defendant<\/span><span class=\"SS_bf\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_bf\">] must prove all of the following:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"SS_ListLabel\"><span class=\"SS_bf\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_bf\">[1.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"SS_ListItemContent\"><span class=\"SS_bf\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_bf\">That [<\/span><span class=\"SS_it\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_it\">name of defendant<\/span><span class=\"SS_bf\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_bf\">] was not in default in the payment of [his\/her\/<\/span><span class=\"SS_it\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_it\">nonbinary pronoun<\/span><span class=\"SS_bf\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_bf\">\/its] rent;]<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"SS_ListLabel\"><span class=\"SS_bf\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_bf\">2.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"SS_ListItemContent\"><span class=\"SS_bf\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_bf\">That [<\/span><span class=\"SS_it\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_it\">name of plaintiff<\/span><span class=\"SS_bf\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_bf\">] filed this lawsuit in retaliation because [<\/span><span class=\"SS_it\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_it\">name of defendant<\/span><span class=\"SS_bf\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_bf\">] had complained about the condition of the property to [[<\/span><span class=\"SS_it\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_it\">name of plaintiff<\/span><span class=\"SS_bf\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_bf\">]\/[<\/span><span class=\"SS_it\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_it\">name of appropriate agency<\/span><span class=\"SS_bf\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_bf\">]]; and<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"SS_ListLabel\"><span class=\"SS_bf\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_bf\">3.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"SS_ListItemContent\"><span class=\"SS_bf\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_bf\">That [<\/span><span class=\"SS_it\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_it\">name of plaintiff<\/span><span class=\"SS_bf\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_bf\">] filed this lawsuit within 180 days after<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"SS_bf\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_bf\">[<\/span><span class=\"SS_it\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_it\">Select the applicable date(s) or event(s):<\/span><span class=\"SS_bf\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_bf\">]<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"SS_bf\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_bf\">[the date on which [<\/span><span class=\"SS_it\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_it\">name of defendant<\/span><span class=\"SS_bf\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_bf\">], in good faith, gave notice to [<\/span><span class=\"SS_it\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_it\">name of plaintiff<\/span><span class=\"SS_bf\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_bf\">] or made an oral complaint to [<\/span><span class=\"SS_it\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_it\">name of plaintiff<\/span><span class=\"SS_bf\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_bf\">] regarding the conditions of the property][.\/; or]<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"SS_bf\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_bf\">[the date on which [<\/span><span class=\"SS_it\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_it\">name of defendant<\/span><span class=\"SS_bf\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_bf\">], in good faith, filed a written complaint, or an oral complaint that was registered or otherwise recorded in writing, with [<\/span><span class=\"SS_it\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_it\">name of appropriate agency<\/span><span class=\"SS_bf\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_bf\">], of which [<\/span><span class=\"SS_it\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_it\">name of plaintiff<\/span><span class=\"SS_bf\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_bf\">] had notice, for the purpose of obtaining correction of a condition of the property][.\/; or]<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"SS_bf\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_bf\">[the date of an inspection or a citation, resulting from a complaint to [<\/span><span class=\"SS_it\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_it\">name of appropriate agency<\/span><span class=\"SS_bf\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_bf\">] of which [<\/span><span class=\"SS_it\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_it\">name of plaintiff<\/span><span class=\"SS_bf\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_bf\">] did not have notice][.\/; or]<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"SS_bf\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_bf\">[the filing of appropriate documents to begin a judicial or an arbitration proceeding involving the conditions of the property][.\/; or]<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"SS_bf\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_bf\">[entry of judgment or the signing of an arbitration award that determined the issue of the conditions of the property against [<\/span><span class=\"SS_it\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_it\">name of plaintiff<\/span><span class=\"SS_bf\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_bf\">]].<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"SS_bf\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_bf\">[Even if [<\/span><span class=\"SS_it\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_it\">name of defendant<\/span><span class=\"SS_bf\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_bf\">] has proved that [<\/span><span class=\"SS_it\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_it\">name of plaintiff<\/span><span class=\"SS_bf\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_bf\">] filed this lawsuit with a retaliatory motive, [<\/span><span class=\"SS_it\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_it\">name of plaintiff<\/span><span class=\"SS_bf\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_bf\">] is still entitled to possession of the premises if [he\/she\/<\/span><span class=\"SS_it\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_it\">nonbinary pronoun<\/span><span class=\"SS_bf\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_bf\">\/it] proves that [he\/she\/<\/span><span class=\"SS_it\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_it\">nonbinary pronoun<\/span><span class=\"SS_bf\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_bf\">\/it] also filed the lawsuit in good faith for a reason stated in the [3\/30\/60]-day notice.] <br class=\"avia-permanent-lb\" \/><br class=\"avia-permanent-lb\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div class=\"SS_Note\">\n<h2 class=\"SS_HideShowSection SS_Expandable\"><\/h2>\n<div id=\"TRNotes_n_1\">\n<p><span class=\"SS_it\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_it\">New August 2007; Revised June 2010, May 2020 <br class=\"avia-permanent-lb\" \/><br class=\"avia-permanent-lb\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/crowdsourcelawyers.com\/\">Crowdsource Lawyers<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/crowdsourcelawyers.com\/judicial-council-california-civil-jury-instructions-caci\">https:\/\/crowdsourcelawyers.com\/judicial-council-california-civil-jury-instructions-caci<\/a><span class=\"SS_it\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_it\"><br class=\"avia-permanent-lb\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"SS_Note\">\n<h2 class=\"SS_HideShowSection SS_Expandable\"><span class=\"SS_bf\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_bf\">Directions for Use<\/span><\/h2>\n<div id=\"TRNotes_n_2\">\n<p>This instruction is based solely on\u00a0Civil Code section 1942.5(a), which has the 180-day limitation. The remedies provided by this statute are in addition to any other remedies provided by statutory or decisional law. (Civ. Code, \u00a7\u20091942.5(j).) Thus, there are two parallel and independent sources for the doctrine of retaliatory eviction: the statute and the common law. (<span class=\"SS_it\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_it\">Barela v. Superior Court<\/span>\u00a0(1981) 30 Cal.3d 244, 251 [178 Cal.Rptr. 618, 636 P.2d 582].) Whether the common law provides additional protection against retaliation beyond the 180-day period has not been decided. (See\u00a0<span class=\"SS_it\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_it\">Glaser v. Meyers<\/span>\u00a0(1982) 137 Cal.App.3d 770, 776 [187 Cal.Rptr. 242]\u00a0[statute not a limit in tort action for wrongful eviction; availability of the common law retaliatory eviction defense, unlike that authorized by section 1942.5, is apparently not subject to time limitations].)<\/p>\n<p>Include element 1 only if the landlord\u2019s asserted ground for eviction is something other than nonpayment of rent. If nonpayment is the ground, the landlord has the burden to prove that the tenant is in default. (See\u00a0CACI No. 4302,\u00a0<span class=\"SS_it\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_it\">Termination for Failure to Pay Rent\u2014Essential Factual Elements<\/span>.)<\/p>\n<p>If element 1 is included, there may be additional issues of fact that the jury must resolve in order to decide whether the tenant is in default in the payment of rent. If necessary, instruct that the tenant is not in default if the tenant has exercised any legally protected right not to pay the contractual amount of rent, such as a habitability defense, a \u201crepair and deduct\u201d remedy, or a rent increase that is alleged to be retaliatory.<\/p>\n<p>For element 3, select the appropriate date or event that triggered the 180-day period within which a landlord may not file an unlawful detainer. (Civ. Code, \u00a7\u20091942.5(a).)<\/p>\n<p>Include the last paragraph if the landlord alleges that there was also a lawful cause for the eviction (see\u00a0Civ. Code, \u00a7\u20091942.5(f)\u00a0[landlord may proceed \u201cfor any lawful cause\u201d]), and that this cause was both asserted in good faith and set forth in the notice terminating the tenancy. (See\u00a0Civ. Code, \u00a7\u20091942.5(g);\u00a0<span class=\"SS_it\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_it\">Drouet v. Superior Court<\/span>\u00a0(2003) 31 Cal.4th 583, 595\u2013596 [3 Cal.Rptr.3d 205, 73 P.3d 1185]\u00a0[landlord asserting lawful cause under 1942.5(f) must also establish good faith under 1942.5(g), but need not establish total absence of retaliatory motive].) <br class=\"avia-permanent-lb\" \/><br class=\"avia-permanent-lb\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"SS_Note\">\n<h2 class=\"SS_HideShowSection SS_Expandable\"><span class=\"SS_bf\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_bf\">Sources and Authority<\/span><\/h2>\n<div id=\"TRNotes_n_3\">\n<p><span class=\"SS_ListLabel\">\u2022<\/span><span class=\"SS_ListItemContent\">Retaliatory Eviction: Tenant Complaints.\u00a0Civil Code section 1942.5(a).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"SS_ListLabel\">\u2022<\/span><span class=\"SS_ListItemContent\">Lawful Acts Permitted; No Tenant Waiver.\u00a0Civil Code section 1942.5(f).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"SS_ListLabel\">\u2022<\/span><span class=\"SS_ListItemContent\">Landlord\u2019s Good Faith Acts.\u00a0Civil Code section 1942.5(g).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"SS_ListLabel\">\u2022<\/span><span class=\"SS_ListItemContent\">\u201cThe defense of \u2018retaliatory eviction\u2019 has been firmly ensconced in this state\u2019s statutory law and judicial decisions for many years. \u2018It is settled that a landlord may be precluded from evicting a tenant in retaliation for certain kinds of lawful activities of the tenant. As a landlord has no right to possession when he seeks it for such an invalid reason, a tenant may raise the defense of retaliatory eviction in an unlawful detainer proceeding.\u2019 The retaliatory eviction doctrine is founded on the premise that \u2018[a] landlord may normally evict a tenant for any reason or for no reason at all, but he may not evict for an improper reason \u2026\u2009.\u2019\u2009\u201d (<span class=\"SS_it\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_it\">Barela, supra,<\/span>\u00a030 Cal.3d at p. 249, internal citations omitted.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"SS_ListLabel\">\u2022<\/span><span class=\"SS_ListItemContent\">\u201cThus, California has two parallel and independent sources for the doctrine of retaliatory eviction. This court must decide whether petitioner raised a legally cognizable defense of retaliatory eviction under the statutory scheme and\/or the common law doctrine.\u201d (<span class=\"SS_it\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_it\">Barela, supra,<\/span>\u00a030 Cal.3d at p. 251.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"SS_ListLabel\">\u2022<\/span><span class=\"SS_ListItemContent\">\u201cRetaliatory eviction occurs, as Witkin observes, \u2018[When] a landlord exercises his legal right to terminate a residential tenancy in an authorized manner, but with the motive of retaliating against a tenant who is not in default but has exercised his legal right to obtain compliance with requirements of habitability.\u2019 It is recognized as an affirmative defense in California; and as appellant correctly argues, it extends beyond warranties of habitability into the area of\u00a0First Amendment\u00a0rights.\u201d (<span class=\"SS_it\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_it\">Four Seas Inv. Corp. v. International Hotel Tenants\u2019 Assn.<\/span>\u00a0(1978) 81 Cal.App.3d 604, 610 [146 Cal.Rptr. 531], internal citations omitted.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"SS_ListLabel\">\u2022<\/span><span class=\"SS_ListItemContent\">\u201cIf a tenant factually establishes the retaliatory motive of his landlord in instituting a rent increase and\/or eviction action, such proof should bar eviction. Of course, we do not imply that a tenant who proves a retaliatory purpose is entitled to remain in possession in perpetuity. \u2026 \u2018If this illegal purpose is dissipated, the landlord can, in the absence of legislation or a binding contract, evict his tenants or raise their rents for economic or other legitimate reasons, or even for no reason at all.\u2019\u2009\u201d (<span class=\"SS_it\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_it\">Schweiger v. Superior Court of Alameda County<\/span>\u00a0(1970) 3 Cal.3d 507, 517 [90 Cal.Rptr. 729, 476 P.2d 97], internal citations omitted.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"SS_ListLabel\">\u2022<\/span><span class=\"SS_ListItemContent\">\u201cThe existence or nonexistence of a landlord\u2019s retaliatory motive is ordinarily a question of fact.\u201d (<span class=\"SS_it\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_it\">W. Land Office v. Cervantes<\/span>\u00a0(1985) 175 Cal.App.3d 724, 731 [220 Cal.Rptr. 784].)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"SS_ListLabel\">\u2022<\/span><span class=\"SS_ListItemContent\">\u201c[T]he proper way to construe the statute when a landlord seeks to evict a tenant under the Ellis Act, and the tenant answers by invoking the retaliatory eviction defense under section 1942.5, is to hold that the landlord may nonetheless prevail by asserting a good faith\u2014i.e., a bona fide\u2014intent to withdraw the property from the rental market. If the tenant controverts the landlord\u2019s good faith, the landlord must establish the existence of the bona fide intent at a trial or hearing by a preponderance of the evidence.\u201d (<span class=\"SS_it\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_it\">Drouet, supra,<\/span>\u00a031 Cal.4th at p. 596.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"SS_ListLabel\">\u2022<\/span><span class=\"SS_ListItemContent\">\u201cOnly when the landlord has been unable to establish a bona fide intent need the fact finder proceed to determine whether the eviction is for the purpose of retaliating against the tenant under subdivision (a) or (c) of section 1942.5.\u201d (<span class=\"SS_it\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_it\">Drouet, supra,<\/span>\u00a031 Cal.4th at p. 600.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"SS_ListLabel\">\u2022<\/span><span class=\"SS_ListItemContent\">\u201c<span class=\"SS_it\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_it\">Drouet<\/span>\u2019s interpretation \u2018give[s] effect to the plain language of [Civil Code section 1942.5], including [former] subdivisions (d) and (e), which permit a landlord to go out of business and evict the tenants\u2014even if the landlord has a retaliatory motive\u2014so long as the landlord\u00a0<span class=\"SS_it\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_it\">also<\/span>\u00a0has the bona fide intent to go out of business.\u2009\u2026 If, on the other hand, the landlord cannot establish a bona fide intent to go out of business, the tenants may rely on [former] subdivisions (a) and (c) to resist the eviction.\u2019\u2009\u201d (<span class=\"SS_it\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_it\">Coyne v. De Leo<\/span>\u00a0(2018) 26 Cal.App.5th 801, 806 [237 Cal.Rptr.3d 359], original italics.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"SS_ListLabel\">\u2022<\/span><span class=\"SS_ListItemContent\">\u201c[T]he cause of action for retaliation recognized by section 1942.5 applies to tenants of a mobilehome park.\u2009\u2026 \u2018By their terms, subdivisions (c) and (f) of section 1942.5 give a right of action to any lessee who has been subjected to an act of unlawful retaliation. Thus, on its face the statute provides protection to mobilehome park tenants who own their own dwellings and merely rent space from their landlord.\u2019\u2009\u201d (<span class=\"SS_it\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_it\">Banuelos v. LA Investment, LLC<\/span>\u00a0(2013) 219 Cal.App.4th 323, 330 [161 Cal.Rptr.3d 772].)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"SS_ListLabel\">\u2022<\/span><span class=\"SS_ListItemContent\">\u201c[T]he Legislature intended to create a cause of action for retaliatory eviction that is not barred by the litigation privilege. If the litigation privilege trumped a suit for retaliatory eviction under section 1942.5 the privilege would \u201c\u2009\u2018effectively immunize conduct that the [statute] prohibits\u2019\u2009\u201d [citation], thereby encouraging, rather than suppressing, \u201c\u2009\u2018the mischief at which it was directed. [Citation.]\u2019\u2009\u201d\u2009\u2019\u2009\u201d (<span class=\"SS_it\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_it\">Winslett v. 1811 27th Avenue LLC<\/span>\u00a0(2018) 26 Cal.App.5th 239, 254 [237 Cal.Rptr.3d 25].) <br class=\"avia-permanent-lb\" \/><br class=\"avia-permanent-lb\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"SS_Heading\"><span class=\"SS_bf\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_bf\"><span class=\"SS_ib\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_ib\">Secondary Sources<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<div>12 Witkin, Summary of California Law (11th ed. 2017) Real Property, \u00a7\u00a7\u2009739, 742, 745<\/div>\n<div>1 California Landlord-Tenant Practice (Cont.Ed.Bar 2d ed.) \u00a7\u00a7\u20098.113\u20138.117<\/div>\n<div>2 California Landlord-Tenant Practice (Cont.Ed.Bar 2d ed.) \u00a7\u00a7\u200910.65, 12.38<\/div>\n<div>1 California Eviction Defense Manual (Cont.Ed.Bar 2d ed.) 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