Hirschfield v. Cohen (2022)

Citation: Hirschfield v. Cohen (2022)
Parent Document: Hirschfield v. Cohen (2022)
Jurisdiction: California (state)
Effective Date: 2022-08-25
Original Source: https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/7859842/hirschfield-v-cohen/ ↗

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from the marketplace and demolished and new rental units were
constructed in its place within 5 years of the date of withdrawal,
the new units could be subject to the local rent controls
notwithstanding any local exemption for new construction.” (Id.
at p. 7.)13
       During the same legislative session, Assembly Member Jim
Costa introduced Assembly Bill No. 483 (Assembly Bill 483),
which would have created exemptions to rent control similar to
those adopted a decade later in the Costa-Hawkins Act
(introduced by Assembly Member Hawkins and coauthored by
then-Senator Costa).14 Like the Costa-Hawkins Act, Assembly
Bill 483 would have imposed statewide vacancy decontrol, and it
included exemptions from rent control for new construction and
single-family dwellings. Specifically, Assembly Bill 483 proposed
to amend the Civil Code to provide, “Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, an owner of real property may establish the
rental rate for a rental unit . . . which is first occupied by a tenant
or lessee after the effective date of this section,” except in
circumstances not relevant here. (Assem. Bill 483 (1985-1986
Reg. Sess.) as amended June 20, 1985, § 2.) The bill would also

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