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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       The relocation assistance requirement does not
concern the regulation of a “basis for eviction.” (Civ.
Code, § 1954.52, subd. (c).) A “basis for eviction” is
properly understood as a ground or reason for
eviction, such as a breach of the tenant’s duties to the
landlord or the landlord’s withdrawal of the unit from
the rental housing market. (See Birkenfeld, supra,
17 Cal.3d at pp. 147-148; [SFAA 2024], supra,
104 Cal.App.5th at pp. 1224-1225, 1235.) The
requirement for a landlord to pay relocation
assistance when a tenant must vacate the unit in
response to a lawful rent increase is not a basis for
any eviction. And although the tenant’s failure to
pay the increased rent would constitute a basis for
eviction (see Code Civ. Proc., § 1161, subd. (2)), as
discussed, the Costa-Hawkins Act prohibits local
regulation that conflicts with a landlord’s right to
impose the rent increase.

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