Apartment Assn. of Los Angeles County, Inc. v. City of Los Angeles

Opinion

KITCHING, J.

INTRODUCTION

Plaintiff and appellant Apartment Association of Los Angeles County, Inc., challenges the lawfulness of an ordinance enacted by defendant and respondent City of Los Angeles (City). The ordinance provides that if a landlord demolishes residential property subject to City’s rent control law, and builds new residential rental units on the same property within five years, the newly constructed units are also subject to the rent control law. The trial court sustained City’s demurrer to plaintiff’s complaint for declaratory relief without leave to amend and entered…