4.24.120 Inspectors--Issuance of citations.

Public officers or employees of the City, appointed and designated by the Board as having the power to inspect and investigate for violations of the Rent Control Law shall have, in furtherance thereof, the powers and immunities from liability conferred on public employees under Section 836.5 of the California Penal Code; provided, however, that the term "arrest" shall mean the power to detain a suspected violator of the Rent Control Law for a time sufficient to process a citation and release pursuant to Section 853.5 and 853.6 of the Penal Code, and shall not be construed as authority to take any such suspected violator into custody. (Prior code § 4612; amended by Ord. No. 1153CCS, adopted 4/14/80)