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Repairs and habitability in West Hollywood

West Hollywood's own rules on repairs and habitability, 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 West Hollywood Municipal Code it was read from, with the code text one click away (checked October 2026). General information, not legal advice.

What West Hollywood's code says

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Cutting services
  • The habitability plan must identify service disruptions and include steps to keep tenant amenities available.
    Applies: Construction work covered by a tenant habitability plan.
    § 17.30.020 · code text
    Disruption of tenant services
Tenant remedies
  • The landlord must provide parking at another location within a reasonable distance.
    Applies: Only for permitted construction needing an approved tenant habitability plan, when work blocks tenant parking between 7:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m.
    § 17.30.020 · code text
    If the work will interfere with tenant parking between the hours of 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 a.m., the landlord shall provide parking at an alternative location within a reasonable distance of the property,
  • The landlord must reimburse tenants for buying street parking permits.
    Applies: Only for permitted construction needing an approved tenant habitability plan, when work blocks tenant parking only outside 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 a.m.
    § 17.30.020 · code text
    If the work will interfere with tenant parking outside the hours of 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 a.m. only, the landlord shall provide a reimbursement to tenants for the purchase of street parking permits;
  • A specific relocation plan showing the landlord can pay required relocation benefits and relocation will be orderly, timely and efficient.
    Applies: Only for permitted construction needing an approved tenant habitability plan, when conditions make a tenant's unit uninhabitable.
    § 17.30.020 · code text
    A specific plan for accommodating relocated tenants pursuant to Section 17.52.110 when the conditions at the property render a tenant's rental unit uninhabitable,

The California rule underneath

CA state law Underneath, California law still applies. Duty to keep the unit habitable: The landlord must deliver a unit fit to live in and repair conditions that make it untenantable (Civ. Code § 1941). Repair and deduct: A tenant may make a repair the landlord neglects and deduct the cost from rent, up to one month's rent, no more than twice in any 12 months (Civ. Code § 1942(a)). Habitability and repair-and-deduct — the full state rule →

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