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DRAFT FOR ATTORNEY REVIEW — NOT FINAL

San Pedro Hotel Co. v. City of Los Angeles, 159 F.3d 470 (1998)

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San Pedro Hotel Co. v. City of Los Angeles, 159 F.3d 470 (1998)
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San Pedro Hotel Co. v. City of Los Angeles, 159 F.3d 470 (1998)
Effective Date
1998-11-06

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Next, we review the district court’s ruling that the record did not support the Fentises’ retaliation claim against the City. We acknowledge there is some evidence which supports this conclusion. The undisputed record shows that, while the individual who called in the complaint regarding the California Hotel might have had an improper motive, the Slumhouse Task Force investigators were themselves unaware of this fact. Indeed, there is no evidence that the members of the Task Force bore any bias against the Fentises. Moreover, contrary to the Fentises’ assertions about the unusual use of the Slumhouse Task Force, the undisputed evidence shows that the task force is regularly used in cases where there has been a significant history of violations — such as the California Hotel. Finally, that the Fentises actually spent over $40,000 to make repairs and that they did not deny some of the specific findings of the investigators (e.g., broken windows, cockroaches), undercuts their claim of retaliation.