Cal. Apartment Assn. v. City of Pasadena (2025)

Citation: Cal. Apartment Assn. v. City of Pasadena (2025)
Parent Document: Cal. Apartment Assn. v. City of Pasadena (2025)
Jurisdiction: California (state)
Effective Date: 2025-12-18
Original Source: https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/10761039/cal-apartment-assn-v-city-of-pasadena/ ↗

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narrowly to mean only real property ownership, which would
necessarily foreclose petitioners’ theory. 7
       Petitioners’ argument regarding the word “property” in the
term “property qualification” presents an issue of first impression
that requires interpretation of the California Constitution, a
matter we consider de novo. (Thurston v. Midvale Corp. (2019)
39 Cal.App.5th 634, 639; City of San Diego v. Shapiro, supra,
228 Cal.App.4th at p. 771.) “ ‘In interpreting a constitution’s
provisions, our paramount task is to ascertain the intent of those
who enacted it. [Citation.] To determine that intent, we “look
first to the language of the constitutional text, giving the words
their ordinary meaning.” [Citation.] If the language is clear,
there is no need for construction. [Citation.] If the language is

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