Retaliation in Glendale: the local rules

Each rule below links to the section of the Glendale Municipal Code it was read from, with the code text one click away (checked October 2026). General information, not legal advice.

What Glendale's code says

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Presumption period	180 days before the alleged retaliation. Applies: The tenant asserted or used rights under this chapter or state or federal law. § 9.30.060 · code text In an action against the tenant, evidence of the assertion or exercise by the tenant of rights under this chapter or under state or federal law within 180 days prior to the alleged act of retaliation shall create a rebuttable presumption that the landlord’s act was retaliatory.
Protected activities	Using rights under this chapter or state or federal law, seeking or joining mediation or arbitration, or joining litigation. § 9.30.060 · code text No landlord may threaten to bring, or bring, an action to recover possession, cause the tenant to quit a rental unit involuntarily, serve any notice to quit or notice of termination of tenancy, decrease any services or increase the rent where the landlord’s intent is to retaliate against the tenant for the tenant’s assertion or exercise of rights under this chapter or under state or federal law; for the tenant’s request or demand for, or participation in mediation or arbitration under any public or private mediation program; or for the tenant’s participation in litigation.
Remedies	Retaliation is a defense to an eviction case. § 9.30.060 · code text Such retaliation shall be a defense to an action to recover possession of the rental unit, or it may serve as the basis for an affirmative action by the tenant for actual and punitive damages and/or injunctive relief. Actual and punitive damages and/or an injunction. Applies: When the tenant sues. § 9.30.060 · code text Such retaliation shall be a defense to an action to recover possession of the rental unit, or it may serve as the basis for an affirmative action by the tenant for actual and punitive damages and/or injunctive relief.

The California rule underneath

CA state law Underneath, California law still applies. Retaliation protection period: For 180 days after a tenant complains about habitability (to the landlord or an agency), the landlord may not evict, raise rent or cut services in retaliation (Civ. Code § 1942.5(a), (b)). Retaliatory eviction in California — the full state rule →

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