Court Declares that Landlords Can’t Circumvent Rent Limits by Charging Extra for Water
The Santa Monica Rent Control Board has definitively established that landlords can’t exceed rent limits by engaging in Ratio Utility ...
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Proposed rule would define rent control tenants as “human beings” to oust corporations
Any landlord leasing a rent-controlled apartment to a corporation without first getting a removal permit from the Rent Control Board ...
New development measure hinges on Mayor’s vote
Santa Monica’s elected leaders are split over whether the City should place a development-related measure on the November ballot. The ...
Rent Control tenants will see 2.9 percent increase in September
Landlords may raise the rent in controlled units 2.9 percent Sept. 1st, according to a city report on the annual ...
Rent Control Board unlikely to pursue immediate reform in 2018 election
As tenant advocacy groups gather signatures to put rent-control reform on the November ballot, Santa Monica’s Rent Control Board is ...
Local leaders to consider rent control reform
As proponents of a statewide voter-initiative gather signatures to put rent control reform on the November ballot, the Santa Monica ...
Rent Control abolishes surcharges for new tenants
New tenants moving into rent-controlled buildings in Santa Monica will not have to pay surcharges on past bond measures, after ...
Temporary Relocation For Santa Monica Tenants
An ugly termite report comes back and suddenly the Jones-Chavez family must find temporary housing while their landlord has ...
At $250 million, a new mega mansion in the exclusive Bel Air neighborhood of Los Angeles is the most expensive home listed in the United States
At $250 million, a new mega mansion in the exclusive Bel Air neighborhood of Los Angeles is the most expensive ...
Help – I’m Being Evicted!
By Andrea Cavanaugh Cristina rented her Santa Monica apartment about ten years ago. A new owner recently bought the building. ...
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