Section 17008.5.

CA Health & Safety Code § 17008.5 (2019) (N/A)
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(a) “Agricultural employee housing,” as used in this part, means housing occupied by an employee of an agricultural employer, as defined in Section 1140.4 of the Labor Code, or by a farm labor contractor, as defined in Section 1682 of the Labor Code.

(b) A tenant residing in agricultural employee housing has all rights applicable to a person residing in employee housing, including the following:

(1) The right to file a verified complaint with the Department of Fair Employment and Housing alleging a violation of housing discrimination, or to assert any other right, under the California Fair Employment and Housing Act (Part 2.8 (commencing with Section 12900) of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code).

(2) Any protections for tenants or lessees under the Civil Code or the Labor Code, except as otherwise provided in Section 17031.6.

(3) Any protection or right under the Alatorre-Zenovich-Dunlap-Berman Agricultural Labor Relations Act of 1975 (Part 3.5 (commencing with Section 1140) of Division 2 of the Labor Code).

(Added by Stats. 2019, Ch. 866, Sec. 8. (AB 1783) Effective January 1, 2020.)