It is declared that the right to institute mediation as provided in this chapter is
a protected right contemplated by Civil Code Section 1942.5(c), and the provisions
of Civil Code Section 1942.5 forbidding the eviction of tenants exercising their rights
described therein, and providing remedies for such wrongful evictions, shall apply
to the right of a tenant to request mediation. If a tenant files a petition for mediation,
and his landlord willfully fails to participate in the mediation process, such failure
may be raised by the tenant as a defense to an unlawful detainer proceeding filed
against him by the landlord. This chapter, however, creates no new or different cause
of action for retaliatory eviction.
(Ord. 6229 § 2 (part), 1987)
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