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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jurisprudence”].) And petitioners provide no authority
demonstrating a class comprising anyone who may not hold one
of the seven tenant positions—that is, any Pasadena resident
who is not a Tenant or is in possession of a Material Interest in
Rental Property—is a suspect one. Accordingly, we examine
whether there is any “ ‘ “rational relationship between the
disparity of treatment and some legitimate governmental
purpose.” ’ ” (Johnson, at p. 881.)
             c.    The Rental Board composition survives rational
                   basis review
       “To mount a successful rational basis challenge, a party
must ‘ “negative every conceivable basis” ’ that might support the
disputed statutory disparity. [Citation.] If a plausible basis
exists for the disparity, courts may not second-guess its
‘ “wisdom, fairness, or logic.” ’ ” (Johnson, supra, 60 Cal.4th at
p. 881; accord, Hardin, supra, 15 Cal.5th at p. 864.) The burden
is on the challenger to show the absence of a rational relationship
between the disparity in treatment and some legitimate
government purpose. (Warden, supra, 21 Cal.4th at p. 641;
accord, Hardin, at p. 851.)
       In adopting the provision regarding the Rental Board’s
composition, the voters of Pasadena had a rational basis to treat
Tenants without a Material Interest in Rental Property
differently from those who do not fit both specifications. In
enacting Measure H, the voters found that tenants occupied a
significant majority (57.7 percent) of housing in Pasadena and
faced greater risks and consequences of housing instability,
homelessness, and unregulated evictions. (§ 1802(a), (e)-(j), (o),
(p).) Reserving seven of 11 seats (or 63.6 percent) of the Rental
Board for Tenants without a Material Interest in Rental Property

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