Affordable Housing
A class action accuses Santa Monica of violating rules on maximum rents allowed under the Affordable Housing Production Program by not basing them on median income, in L.A. Superior Court.
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Ninth Circuit Upholds Santa Monica Ban on Airbnb-Type Rentals
A Ninth Circuit panel on Thursday affirmed dismissal of a lawsuit claiming a beach city’s ordinance banning short-term rentals unlawfully disrupts the flow of interstate commerce.
Read moreRent Control
Reversing, a California appeals court ruled that the Santa Monica Rent Control Board may indeed reinstate rent control on several properties.
Read moreRuling Soon on The Edge’s $79 Million Malibu Home
A Superior Court judge could rule by Friday on whether U2 guitarist The Edge can break ground on a $79 million, five-home project on 151 acres in the Santa Monica Mountains, or whether it needs more environmental review.
Read moreClass of Home-Sharers Can Sue Santa Monica
A federal judge rejected a constitutional attack on a Santa Monica ordinance that bans most Airbnb-style short-term vacation rentals, but allowed frustrated homeowners to continue their class action against the city’ under California’s sweeping Coastal Act.
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Ninth Circuit Won’t Clear Cop of Civil Charges
A Santa Monica Police detective must defend herself from civil charges of interfering with a witness in a dismissed 2008 murder case, a Ninth Circuit panel ruled Tuesday.
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