BILL NUMBER: SB 337INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Senator Kehoe FEBRUARY 15, 2011 An act to add Section 1940.4 to the Civil Code, relating to tenancy. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SB 337, as introduced, Kehoe. Tenancy: noncommercial signs. Existing law regulates the terms and conditions of residential tenancies. Existing law prohibits the governing documents of a common interest development from prohibiting the posting or displaying of noncommercial signs, posters, flags, or banners on or in an owner's separate interest, except as specified. This bill would prohibit a landlord from prohibiting a tenant for posting or displaying noncommercial signs, posters, flags, or banners on or within any portion of a dwelling unit leased by the tenant, unless the posting or display would violate a local, state, or federal law. Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 1940.4 is added to the Civil Code, to read: 1940.4. (a) A landlord shall not prohibit a tenant from posting or displaying noncommercial signs, posters, flags, or banners on or within any portion of a dwelling unit leased by the tenant, unless the posting or display would violate a local, state, or federal law. (b) The Legislature finds and declares that this section is declaratory of existing law.