Legal Question in Landlord & Tenant Law in California

I assume you are responding to the answer I gave you. You are correct that parties can not enter into enforceable terms that are contrary to law or public policy. But the law does not state that an agreement as to who has to pay for repainting during a certain period can not be made. I am not aware of any code section stating who is responsible for repainting. It is not unreasonable for a landlord to believe that they willl have to repaint a unit, no matter what condition it is keep in, whenever the unit is rented to a new tenant. So the landlord can require if the tenant does not stay long that tenant has to pay for a new paint job. You did agree to those terms; what makes you now think it is illegal [did you merely think that you would live there at least a year so that provision would not apply?]