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Apartment Assn. of Los Angeles etc. v. City of Los Angeles (2026)

Citation
Apartment Assn. of Los Angeles etc. v. City of Los Angeles (2026)
Parent Document
Apartment Assn. of Los Angeles etc. v. City of Los Angeles (2026)
Jurisdiction
California (state)
Effective Date
2026-05-14

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B.     The City’s Eviction Threshold Ordinance and Relocation
       Assistance Ordinance
       In 2020, during the economic disruption of the COVID-19
pandemic, the City instituted temporary protections against “no
fault” evictions and certain evictions for failure to pay rent.
       In February 2023, as the COVID-19 eviction protections
were drawing to a close, the City Council adopted the two
ordinances at issue in this case. First, it adopted the Eviction
Threshold Ordinance (Ordinance No. 187763). The ordinance
amended the RSO and the Just Cause Ordinance by restricting a
landlord’s ability to bring an unlawful detainer action until a
tenant owes more than “one month of fair market rent,”
according to the figures set annually by the United States
Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for an