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Section 37

Citation
Section 37
Parent Document
Golden Gateway Center v. San Francisco Residential Stabilization, 87 Cal. Rptr. 2d 332 (1999)
Jurisdiction
California (state)
Effective Date
1999-08-02

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(1985) 169 Cal.App.3d 651, 654 [215 Cal.Rptr. 565] [rent control ordinance enacted especially to address tenant hardships and housing shortage].) The essential purpose of the ordinance was to regulate rents, so that tenants would not be subjected to excessive rent increases. As a safeguard against furtive tactics, the ordinance defined rent increases to include not only additional amounts requested for rent, but also “any reduction in housing services without a corresponding reduction in the monies demanded or paid for rent[.]” (§ 37.2(g).) In other words, the ordinance was designed to control both “front door” and “back door” rent increases. Thus, when a service that had been provided as part of the tenant’s *1212