Ocean Park Associates v. Santa Monica Rent Control Board, 8 Cal. Rptr. 3d 421 (2004)

Citation: Ocean Park Associates v. Santa Monica Rent Control Board, 8 Cal. Rptr. 3d 421 (2004)
Parent Document: Ocean Park Associates v. Santa Monica Rent Control Board, 8 Cal. Rptr. 3d 421 (2004)
Jurisdiction: California (state)
Effective Date: 2004-01-07
Original Source: https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/2295617/ocean-park-associates-v-santa-m... ↗

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(1999) 19 Cal.4th 952, 957 [81 Cal. Rtpr. 2d 93, 968 P.2d 993], in 1979, “the City of Santa Monica . . . adopted [the RCCA] . . . and created . . . [the Board] to regulate rentals. Among other things, the [RCCA] requires that owners register each rental unit and pay annual registration fees to the Board, establishes maximum allowable rents, provides for annual general adjustments and individual adjustments of allowable rents, prohibits evictions except for specified reasons, and prescribes remedies for violations of its provisions.” The stated purpose of the RCCA 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 Charter, art. XVIII, Rent Control, § 1800.)

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