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
Original Source: https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/10859038/apartment-assn-of-los-angeles-... ↗

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view, “[b]ecause the Legislature distinguished anti-rent-gouging
from limitations on rent increases, [the Relocation Assistance
Ordinance]’s penalty on rent-gouging does not frustrate the
purpose of the Costa-Hawkins Act.”
        But, in the TPA, the Legislature directly prohibited rent
increases over a certain percentage only for a specified category
of rental units (those built before the last 15 years). And the
formula used in the TPA is not linked to relocation assistance.
Although the TPA provides for relocation assistance in the event
of a “ ‘no-fault just cause’ ” eviction, “[i]t does not . . . provide for
relocation assistance in the event a tenant is unable to pay the
monthly rent following a lawful rent increase.” (Pasadena, supra,
117 Cal.App.5th at p. 231, fn. 16.) In other words, the formula
used in the Relocation Assistance Ordinance triggers different
protections than the formula used in the TPA. The TPA creates a
right of civil action against landlords who exceed the formula,
rather than burden the exercise of lawful rights under the Costa-
Hawkins Act. (See Civ. Code, § 1947.12, subd. (k)(1) [“An owner
who demands, accepts, receives, or retains any payment of rent in
excess of the maximum rent allowed by this section shall be liable
in a civil action to the tenant from whom those payments are
demanded, accepted, received, or retained . . . .”].)

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