A protected unit includes a dwelling unit that meets any of the following criteria: 1. A dwelling unit that is or was subject to a recorded covenant, ordinance, or law that restricts rents to levels affordable to lower income households or very low income households within the past five years, 2. A dwelling unit that is or was subject to the Rent Stabilization Ordinance, pursuant to Chapter XV. (Rent Stabilization Ordinance) of this Code, or any other form of rent or price control through a public entity’s valid exercise of its police power within the past five years; 3. A dwelling unit that is or was rented by a lower income households or very low income households within the past five years, 4. A dwelling unit that was withdrawn from rent or lease in accordance with the Ellis Act, pursuant to California Government Code, Chapter 12.75 (Residential Real Property), Sec. 7060-7060.7, within the past 10 years.