Apartment Ass'n of Greater Los Angeles v. Santa Monica Rent Control Board, 24 Cal. App. 4th 1730 (1994)

Citation: Apartment Ass'n of Greater Los Angeles v. Santa Monica Rent Control Board, 24 Cal. App. 4th 1730 (1994)
Parent Document: Apartment Ass'n of Greater Los Angeles v. Santa Monica Rent Control Board, 24 Cal. App. 4th 1730 (1994)
Jurisdiction: California (state)
Effective Date: 1994-05-19
Original Source: https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/2263659/apartment-assn-of-greater-los-a... ↗

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During the base year of the West Hollywood rent control ordinance, Mary Simonson’s apartment house was inhabited, for the most part, by long-term, elderly tenants who were responsible for maintaining their units in exchange for low rents. For several of the units, the rent had not been increased for 15 to 20 years. Ms. Simonson’s health began to fail, and she hired a manager for the property. At that point, she was in need of additional income for medical expenses and for increased property costs. A rent increase was sought. Ms. Simonson argued that she was entitled to an increase in the base date rent because her “historically low rents constituted ‘peculiar circumstances,’ within the meaning of the Ordinance.” (223 Cal.App.3d at p. 1345.) She further argued that she was denied a “ ‘just and reasonable return’ ” within the meaning of the ordinance. (Ibid.)

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