Ocean House Corp. v. Permanent Rent Control Board

Opinion

WOODMANSEE, J. *

In 1979 Santa Monica adopted a rent control charter amendment. For many previous years, the Ocean House Corporation (Ocean House) had operated its property in Santa Monica as a community care facility under the state California Community Care Facilities Act (the Act). The Permanent Rent Control Board of the City of Santa Monica (the Board) claimed that a landlord-tenant relationship existed under the newly enacted local law, requiring Ocean House to register.

Ocean House obtained a peremptory writ of mandate requiring the Board and the city (together, Santa Monica) not…