Santa Monica Properties v. Santa Monica Rent Control Board, 203 Cal. App. 4th 739 (2012)

Citation: Santa Monica Properties v. Santa Monica Rent Control Board, 203 Cal. App. 4th 739 (2012)
Parent Document: Santa Monica Properties v. Santa Monica Rent Control Board, 203 Cal. App. 4th 739 (2012)
Jurisdiction: California (state)
Effective Date: 2012-02-16
Original Source: https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/5810885/santa-monica-properties-v-santa... ↗

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On January 31, 2008, a tenant in SMP’s apartment building, R. Liza Salvatore, filed a “Petition for Rent Decrease” with RCB. (No. D-4392.) The petition alleged that a decrease in her monthly rent (then $1,214.25 for a two-bedroom, two-bathroom, 1,200-square-foot unit) was justified because SMP had reduced housing services by changing the hours that the property’s Jacuzzi was heated, from 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., down to 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.; and by installing a sauna timer that “reduced greatly” the length of time *744that the sauna would stay heated “from 1 hr to 25 min.”3 On March 10, 2008, another tenant, Roberta Rosskam, also filed a “Petition for Rent Decrease.” (No. D-4396.) The petition alleged that a decrease in her monthly rent (then $1,440.33 for a two-bedroom, two-bathroom, 1,300-square-foot unit) was justified because SMP had reduced housing services by changing the hours that the property’s Jacuzzi was heated, from 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., down to 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., and by installing a sauna timer that “reduced significantly” the length of time that the sauna would stay heated “from 1 hr to 25 min.”4 In late March 2008, RGB consolidated the rent decrease petitions. “[0]n several occasions” prior to the hearing on the petitions, a hearing investigator employed by RGB went to SMP to inspect the operation of the hot tub and sauna.

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