Cal. Apartment Assn. v. City of Pasadena (2025)

Citation: Cal. Apartment Assn. v. City of Pasadena (2025)
Parent Document: Cal. Apartment Assn. v. City of Pasadena (2025)
Jurisdiction: California (state)
Effective Date: 2025-12-18
Original Source: https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/10761039/cal-apartment-assn-v-city-of-pasadena/ ↗

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neighborhood and community stability, healthy housing, and
affordability for renters in Pasadena by regulating excessive rent
increases and arbitrary evictions to the maximum extent
permitted under California law, while ensuring Landlords a fair
return on their investment and guaranteeing fair protections for
renters, homeowners, and businesses.” (§ 1801.)
      Measure H limits annual rent increases for multifamily
rental units built before February 1, 1995 and prohibits evictions
without just cause for covered residential rental units. (§§ 1804,
1806-1809.) Measure H also creates an appointed “Rental
Housing Board” (Rental Board). (§ 1811.) The Rental Board is
responsible for setting allowable rent increases “at fair and
equitable levels to achieve the purposes of this Article,” creating a
rental registry and online portal designed to receive and
disseminate rental housing information, and conducting
proceedings on petitions seeking upward or downward
adjustments of individual rent amounts. (§§ 1811-1813.)
Measure H provides that “[t]he Rental Board shall be an integral
part of the government of the City, but shall exercise its powers
and duties under this Article independent from the City Council,
City Manager, and City Attorney, except by request of the Rental
Board.” (§ 1811(m).)
      The City’s electorate voted on Measure H during the
general election held in November 2022, with certified results
showing the measure passed with 53.8 percent of the vote.
Measure H went into effect 10 days after the results were
declared at a City Council meeting on December 12, 2022.
(§ 1824.)
      On December 16, 2022, Ahni Dodge, Simon Gibbons,
Margaret Morgan, Danielle Moskowitz, Tyler Werrin, and the

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