LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) – A group representing apartment owners in Los Angeles is challenging the city’s moratorium on evictions during the coronavirus pandemic.
The Apartment Association of Greater Los Angeles filed suit in federal court on June 11 against the City, Mayor Eric Garcetti and his city council, who “hastily” implemented ordinances that prevent landlords from giving the boot to tenants who refuse to pay.
“While purportedly intended to provide relief to tenants so impacted, the ordinances are not tailored to a tenant’s actual inability to pay rent and significantly (and needlessly) infringe on the constitutional rights of all lessors and landlords within the City,” the complaint says.
Lawyers at Rutan & Tucker are representing the apartment association.