College Area Renters & Landlord Ass'n v. City of San Diego

Opinion

HUFFMAN, J.

College Area Renters and Landlord Association (hereafter, CARLA) obtained a summary judgment in its favor, striking down City of San Diego Municipal Code section 101.0463 (hereafter sometimes referred to as the ordinance). We affirm the summary judgment, premised on our holding that the ordinance violates the equal protection clause of the California Constitution. Although designed to address what is perhaps a legitimate problem of overcrowding of detached dwellings in certain single-family residential neighborhoods, the ordinance makes an irrational distinction between…