Miller & Desatnik Management Co. v. Bullock

Opinion

ROBERSON, J.

George Lerner, owner of an apartment complex in Santa Monica, and his management company (collectively referred to hereafter as appellants), appeal from a judgment in unlawful detainer in favor of Marguerite Bullock (hereafter referred to as respondent), the mother of one of appellant’s tenants. Appellants contend respondent did not inherit her daughter’s periodic tenancy and that because respondent was not a tenant, she was not entitled to the protection of the good cause termination provisions of the Santa Monica Rent Control Charter Amendment (hereafter SMRCCA).

I

In 1983,…