Colonial Manor v. Reyes — Surviving Spouse Protected by Rent Control After Original Tenant’s Death, Costa-Hawkins Does Not Preempt
The Appellate Division of LA Superior Court affirmed judgment for a surviving spouse in an unlawful detainer action, holding she was an implied at-will tenant protected by Santa Monica rent control, and that Costa-Hawkins did not preempt the city’s 425% rent increase prohibition.