Getz v. City of West Hollywood

Opinion

ASHBY, J.

Appellant Elizabeth Getz appeals from a judgment denying her petition for a writ of mandate (Code Civ. Proc., § 1094.5) reviewing an administrative rent control decision of respondent rent stabilization department of respondent City of West Hollywood.

Under “vacancy decontrol” provisions of respondents’ rent control ordinance and regulations, appellant, a landlord, previously received approval to increase the rent on the basis that the residential unit had been voluntarily vacated. Subsequently an administrative hearing officer set aside the vacancy increase on the basis that…