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hearing of a rent dispute, the Board will provide notice of the continuance to a mailing list of interested organizations that annually submit to the City Clerk a request to be included on such mailing list. 4-32-320 FAILURE TO APPEAR n ET n r I n T -O v E IC440N If the tenant requesting a rent review hearing appears at a noticed Board hearing, but the landlord who has been given notice of the Board hearing as required by Section 4-32-305 above fails to appear before the Board without good cause, the rent increase shall be void, and the landlord may not take any action to enforce such an invalid rent increase. . C,.w,w,eneement e „sider-ed a r-etal a*o= evietio . If a tenant who has been given proper notice of a Board hearing as required by Section 4-32-305 above of this Code fails to appear before the Board without good cause, or if both the tenant and landlord fail to appear without good cause, the Board shall dismiss the case and the tenant will be barred from subsequently challenging such increase before the Board. 4-32-325 RETALIATORY EVICTION. Commencement of eviction proceedings against a tenant for exercising his or her rights under this Chapter shall be considered a retaliatory eviction. Under Civil Code Section 1942.5, it is illegal for a landlord to retaliate against a tenant for lawfully and peaceably exercising his or her legal rights. ARTICLE 4. rnT�L-CITY MANAGER REVIEW 4-32-400 REFERRAL TO CITY CO 4C4LMANAGER If the parties to a rent dispute are unable to mutually agree to a resolution of the dispute before the Board after a first hearing and a second and final continuance hearing, fty may est *�the Board may, in its discretion, refers the rent dispute for- flifther sider-,tio a W the City Manager for reviewCetmeil. In 4,4 ddise etio,, after- either- ^ first dispute.seeend hearing, the Beafd may then request that -the C—Alulnefll r-eview the rent Whenever the Board recommends that the Eo�CitV Manager review a rent dispute, the Board will provide notice of its action to a mailing list of interested organizations that annually submit to the City Clerk a request to be included on such mailing list. In the event that a landlord and tenant mutually agree to a resolution of their rent dispute prior to review by the City Manager, the rent dispute will no longer be forwarded to the City Manager for review. 4-32-405 CONSIDERATION BY CITY MANAGER. Upon referral from the Board, the City Manager may request a meeting with the tenant and landlord in an effort to resolve the rent dispute. However, the City Manager shall have no authority to require the tenant and landlord to meet or take any further actions pursuant to this Chapter. ARTICLE 5. MISCELLANEOUS