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Seems to violate several provisions of California fair housing law [0], particularly as regards discrimination based on:

1. medical condition and/or physical or mental disability, (this also seems to violate federal fair housing laws)

2. source of income,

3. personal characteristics, such as a person's physical appearance [...] that are not related to the responsibilities of a tenant,

[0] http://www.dca.ca.gov/publications/landlordbook/discriminati...

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Yes. They do violate tenant laws. However, they violate common decency much more egregiously.

I don't know how it works in Cali but in most other places if the landlord shares the property (like they themselves are also a tenant) they can be as discriminating as they want.

> I don't know how it works in Cali but in most other places if the landlord shares the property (like they themselves are also a tenant) they can be as discriminating as they want.

That's not how it works in California (whether or not it is how it works in some other places); there are limited exceptions for taking on a single boarder and roommate situations, which are described in the page linked from the post you responded to, under the heading "Limited exceptions for single rooms and roommates".

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