Real Estate/Development,
Constitutional Law
May 19, 2025
Landlords argue LA rent control laws are unconstitutional takings
Los Angeles landlords sue over rent control, alleging ordinances are unconstitutional takings. Advocacy group and city seek dismissal, citing statute of limitations.
A Los Angeles housing economics advocacy group that joined the city's constitutional defense of how it controls rent and limits evictions has moved for dismissal of a lawsuit that says the tenant ordinances and landlord requirements are unconstitutional takings.
However, an attorney leading the challenge for the two landlord plaintiffs said on Friday that the defendants' arguments do not align with the Constitution or a 2021 U.S. Supreme Court ruling, Cedar Point Nursery v...
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