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Kavanau v. Santa Monica Rent Control Board, 16 Cal. 4th 761 (1997)

Citation
Kavanau v. Santa Monica Rent Control Board, 16 Cal. 4th 761 (1997)
Parent Document
Kavanau v. Santa Monica Rent Control Board, 16 Cal. 4th 761 (1997)
Jurisdiction
California (state)
Effective Date
1997-08-26

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In addition, rather than amortizing the costs of Kavanau’s capital improvements over their useful life, the Court of Appeal apparently treated those costs in the same way as ongoing operating or maintenance costs. (Kavanau I, supra, 19 Cal.App.4th at p. 736, fn. 7.) The court also apparently included as capital improvement costs certain expenditures the Rent Board had found unnecessary. (Ibid.) As a result, the court determined that Kavanau incurred a large deficit.