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SENATE BILL 1236 (TENNEY – 1945)

CHAPTER 1349, STATUTES OF 1945

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As enacted Senate Bill 1236 was a single section bill that only amended Code of Civil Procedure section 1161.  (See Exhibit #1d)  Senate Bill 1236, relating to unlawful detainer proceedings, was introduced by Senator Jack Tenney and sponsored by the California State Apartment Conference and H.L. Breed, General Counsel and the California Real Estate Association.  (See Exhibits #1a and #4, document PE-7)

Senate Bill 1236 was assigned to the Senate Committee on Judiciary and the Assembly Committee on Judiciary where policy issues raised by the bill were considered.  (See Exhibit #2)  Two amendments were made to Senate Bill 1236, one in each house.  (See Exhibits #1b, #1c, and #2)  Subsequent to legislative approval, Governor Earl Warren signed Senate Bill 1236 on June 16, 1945, and it was recorded by the Secretary of State on July 12, 1945 as Chapter 1349 of the Statutes of 1945.  (See Exhibits #1d and #2)

The 1945 Legislative Digest compiled by the Legislative Counsel summarized Senate Bill 1236 as it was introduced as follows:

Provides that tenant, subtenant, or his executor or administrator, maintaining, committing, or permitting maintenance or commission of nuisance on demised premises or using such premises for unlawful purpose, thereby terminates lease, and landlord shall, upon service of 3 day’s notice to quit, be entitled to restitution of possession in summary proceedings.
(See Exhibit #3)