1041 20TH St., LLC v. Santa Monica Rent Control Bd., 250 Cal. Rptr. 3d 376 (2019)

Citation: 1041 20TH St., LLC v. Santa Monica Rent Control Bd., 250 Cal. Rptr. 3d 376 (2019)
Parent Document: 1041 20TH St., LLC v. Santa Monica Rent Control Bd., 250 Cal. Rptr. 3d 376 (2019)
Jurisdiction: California (state)
Effective Date: 2019-07-30
Original Source: https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/6240655/1041-20th-st-llc-v-santa-monica... ↗

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"The stated purpose of the Rent Control Law, as expressed in the preamble to the charter amendment[s], [is] as follows: 'A growing shortage of housing units resulting in a low vacancy rate and rapidly rising rents exploiting this shortage constitute a serious housing problem affecting the lives of a substantial portion of those Santa Monica residents who reside in residential housing. In addition, speculation in the purchase and sale of existing residential housing units results in further rent increases. These conditions endanger the public health and welfare of Santa Monica tenants, especially the poor, minorities, students, young families, and senior citizens. The purpose of this Article, therefore, is to alleviate the hardship caused by this serious housing shortage by establishing a Rent Control Board empowered to regulate rentals in the City of Santa Monica so that rents will not be increased unreasonably and so that landlords will receive no more than a fair return.' " ( Santa Monica Beach, supra , 19 Cal.4th at p. 957, 81 Cal.Rptr.2d 93, 968 P.2d 993.) One stated intent of the Rent Control Law is "to enable the Board to provide relief to persons facing particular hardship and to protect and increase the supply of affordable housing in the [C]ity." ( Id. at p. 988, 81 Cal.Rptr.2d 93, 968 P.2d 993.) Another purpose is to "attempt[ ] to provide reasonable protections to tenants by controlling removal of controlled rental units from the housing market ...." (§ 1800.)

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