North Pearl Street, a Limited Partnership v. City of Tacoma

1 2 3 4 5 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 6 WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT TACOMA 7 NORTH PEARL STREET, A LIMITED Case No. 3:24-cv-05794-TMC 8 PARTNERSHIP, ORDER ON MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY 9 JUDGMENT Plaintiff, 10 v. 11 CITY OF TACOMA, 12 Defendant. 13 14 I. INTRODUCTION 15 This case arises out of a voter-approved ballot initiative to further regulate the rental 16 housing market in the City of Tacoma. During the November 2023 general election, the City’s 17 voters approved Citizen’s Initiative Measure No. 1, also known as the Landlord Fairness Code 18 Initiative (“LFC”). As codified in the…