Cal. Civ. Code § 250.103

Nothing contained in this act shall be construed to
include or in any manner repeal or modify any existing law--
(1) Providing for preference of rent in case personal property liable to distress is taken
and sold by virtue of any execution and providing for the payment of such rent from
the proceeds of such execution;
(2) Denying to a plaintiff the right to stay an execution without the consent of the landlord
having a preference for rent due payable from the proceeds of such execution;
(3) Providing that a sale on distress shall be stayed where the personal property distrained
upon is levied upon by a sheriff or where a receiver or a trustee or receiver in bankruptcy
is appointed for the person whose property was distrained, and providing for a lien
for the rent or the proceeds of the sale of such personal property by such officer
and the payment of such rent, together with the costs of executing the landlord's
warrant, from the proceeds of such sale;
(4) Providing for preference of rent in cases of insolvency and assignment for the benefit
of creditors and in bankruptcy proceedings;
(5) Providing for preference of rent in the settlement of estates of decedents;
(6) Fixing the liability of the tenant to pay taxes assessed against real property occupied
by him and permitting the tenant to recover the amount of the tax so paid from the
landlord or to defalcate such amount against rent due or becoming due;
(7) Providing for the issuing of writs of estrepement to stay waste committed by a tenant
or by others allowed by a tenant to commit waste and for the procedure in such cases;
(8) Fixing the duties and liabilities of tenants and the rights of landlords in connection
with actions of ejectment brought by third parties;
(9) Prescribing special proceedings for the obtaining of possession of real property purchased
at tax or judicial sales and providing for and defining the rights, remedies, duties
and liabilities of such purchasers and tenants affected thereby;
(10) Except as herein specially provided, fixing fees of justices of the peace, aldermen,
magistrates, sheriffs or constables in any proceedings affecting the relationship
of landlord and tenant.
Compiler's Note: Section 28 of Act 207 of 2004 provided that any and all references in any other law
to a "district justice" or "justice of the peace" shall be deemed to be references
to a magisterial district judge.