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Retaliation in Oxnard

Oxnard's own rules on retaliation, with the code text for every value, and the state law underneath.

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

What Oxnard's code says

Oxnard code What Oxnard's code adds
Presumption period
  • The presumption period is 6 months.
    Applies: Mobilehome park spaces only. An eviction within 6 months of the resident's protest or complaint to the director; the owner can rebut it.
    § 24-17 · code text
    Any eviction action brought within six months of a protest or complaint filed with the director by the subject resident shall be presumed to be retaliatory.
Protected activities
  • Filing a protest or complaint with the director.
    Applies: Mobilehome park spaces only; an eviction within 6 months of it is presumed retaliatory.
    § 24-17 · code text
    Any eviction action brought within six months of a protest or complaint filed with the director by the subject resident shall be presumed to be retaliatory.
Remedies
  • The court may dismiss the owner's eviction case.
    Applies: Mobilehome park spaces only; the owner broke this chapter's rules.
    § 24-17 · code text
    In any action brought by the owner to recover possession of a space, the court may consider as grounds for dismissal of the action any violation of this chapter.

Also in Oxnard's code: Mobile Home Park Rent Stabilization System (§ 24-17) — mobilehome park spaces only. This page does not summarize it yet.

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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