As used in Sections 1951.2 to 1952.6, inclusive:
(a) “Rent” includes charges equivalent to rent.
(b) “Lease” includes a sublease.
Cal. Civ. Code § 1951
Hiring of Real Property
Known as the Social Security Tenant Protection Act
The act spans §§ 1940–1954 (92 sections).
Applied in 7 court decisions — leading case 17 Cal. 3d 129 - Birkenfeld v. City of Berkeley (1976)
Most recently applied in 633 F. Supp. 2d 985 - First National Mortgage Co. v. Federal Realty Investment Trust (June 2009)
Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 89.
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.