Clark v. City of San Pablo

Plaintiffs, the owners and operators of an apartment house consisting of four rental units, have appealed from an adverse judgment in an action in which they seek a declaration that an ordinance of the City of San Pablo, which imposes a license tax on the business of operating an apartment house, is invalid and unenforceable because it unconstitutionally discriminates against plaintiffs and the other owners of apartment houses consisting of four or more rental units by failing to impose a tax on owners and operators of single family, duplex and triplex rental units. In their complaint against…