CAUTION

Portions of a local ordinance may be preempted by state law. For example, a provision of a "tenant harassment" ordinance allowing a suit in response to a landlord's bringing action to recover possession was preempted by the litigation privilege; another provision was partially preempted to the extent it prohibited eviction notices when good-faith litigation was contemplated. [Action Apartment Ass’n, Inc. v City of Santa Monica (2007) 41 C4th 1232, 1249–1250, 1252.]