Legal Opinion
Cole v. City of Oakland Residential Rent Arbitration Board
California Court of Appeal
Decided February 13, 1992No. A051848PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
SMITH, J.
Plaintiffs and appellants Sally Cole and four other tenants of residential property in the City of Oakland (City) appeal from a judgment denying their petition for writ of mandate by which the trial court refused to overturn a decision by the Oakland Residential Rent Arbitration Board (Board) approving a 42 percent rent increase for their apartment units.
The City’s local rent ordinance allows landlords to impose a rental increase where there is an increase in debt service in order to cover combined expenses and debt service costs. The Board interprets the ordinance to mean…
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