Cal. Civ. Code § 38-12-902

As used in
this part 9, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) 
"Amount of income" means a tenant's or prospective tenant's income
from salaries, wages, commissions, payments received as an independent
contractor, bonuses, or a housing subsidy or derived from any other public or
private source and includes all of a tenant's or prospective tenant's cash
assets.

(1.2) 
"Consumer report" has the meaning set forth in section 5-18-103 (3).

(1.3) 
"Consumer reporting agency" has the meaning set forth in section
5-18-103 (4).

(1.5) 
"Dwelling unit" means a structure or the part of a structure that is
used as a home, residence, or sleeping place.

(1.7) 
"Housing subsidy" means any portion of a rental payment that is
derived from a public or private assistance, grant, or loan program and that is
paid by the program directly, indirectly, or on behalf of a tenant to a
landlord.

(2) 
"Landlord" means the owner, manager, lessor, or sublessor of a
dwelling unit.

(2.5) 
"Portable tenant screening report" or "screening report"
means a consumer report prepared at the request of a prospective tenant that
includes information provided by a consumer reporting agency, which report
includes the following information about a prospective tenant and the date
through which the information contained in the report is current:

(a) 
Name;

(b) 
Contact information;

(c) 
Verification of employment and income;

(d) 
Last-known address;

(e) For
each jurisdiction indicated in the consumer report as a prior residence of the
prospective tenant, regardless of whether the residence is reported by the
prospective tenant or by the consumer reporting agency preparing the consumer
report:

(I) A
rental and credit history report for the prospective tenant that complies with
section 38-12-904 concerning a landlord's consideration of a prospective
tenant's rental history; except that a credit history report, a credit score,
or an adverse credit event is not required to be included in a portable tenant
screening report concerning a prospective tenant who is seeking to rent with
the assistance of a housing subsidy; and

(II) A
criminal history record check for all federal, state, and local convictions of
the prospective tenant that complies with section 38-12-904 (1)(b) concerning a
landlord's consideration of a prospective tenant's arrest records.

(3) 
"Rental agreement" means any agreement, written or oral, between a
landlord and a tenant embodying the terms and conditions concerning the use and
occupancy of a dwelling unit.

(4) 
"Rental application" means any information, written or oral,
submitted to a landlord by a prospective tenant for the purpose of entering
into a rental agreement. "Rental application" includes a portable
tenant screening report.

(5) 
"Rental application fee" means any sum of money, however denominated,
that is charged or accepted by a landlord from a prospective tenant in
connection with the prospective tenant's submission of a rental application or
any nonrefundable fee that precedes the onset of tenancy. "Rental
application fee" does not include a refundable security deposit or any
rent that is paid before the onset of tenancy.

(6) 
"Tenant" means a person entitled under a rental agreement to occupy a
dwelling unit to the exclusion of others.