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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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subdivision (a)(1), effectively exempts newly constructed rental
units from local rent control”].) 4
      In addition, for certain properties still covered by local rent
control laws, another provision of the Costa-Hawkins Act, Civil
Code section 1954.53, instituted a system of “vacancy decontrol,”
which generally permits landlords “to set the rent on a vacant
unit at” fair market rates. (NCR Properties, supra,
89 Cal.App.5th at p. 47; see Civ. Code, § 1954.53; Action
Apartment, supra, 41 Cal.4th at p. 1237; Apartment Assn. of
Los Angeles County, supra, 173 Cal.App.4th at p. 24 [Civil Code
section 1954.53 “established ‘vacancy decontrol for residential
dwelling units where the former tenant has voluntarily vacated,
abandoned or been legally evicted’ ”].)