Sterling v. Santa Monica Rent Control Board

Opinion

SPENCER, P. J.-

Introduction

Defendant (hereafter respondent) Santa Monica Rent Control Board appeals from a judgment granting a peremptory writ of prohibition and prohibiting respondent from: (1) Adjusting maximum rents downward except for the purposes of article XVHI of the city charter, as set forth in section 1800, and the “failure on the part of the landlord to provide adequate housing services,” such as decreases in living space, furniture, furnishings and parking; and (2) “awarding damages in the form of rent withholding to tenants, such authority having been granted expressly to…