The Second District upheld LA’s post-COVID eviction-threshold ordinance as a valid exercise of city police power, but struck down its relocation-assistance mandate as preempted by the Costa-Hawkins Act.
Second District reverses denial of class certification in 28-day shuffle case under Civil Code section 1940.1, holding that whether a hotel qualifies as a residential hotel turns on building-wide use patterns rather than individualized proof of each class member’s primary residence.
Second District reverses denial of class certification in a Red Roof Inn 28-day shuffle case, holding that Civil Code section 1940.1 does not require each class member to prove individualized use of the hotel as their primary residence.
Second District holds that a recorded golf cart easement was not abandoned when the country club rerouted the path and that the easement was prescriptively expanded to include hedge and landscaping maintenance.
Second District affirms a comprehensive adjudication of the Las Posas Valley Groundwater Basin, upholding the trial court’s physical solution allocating water to overlying landowners and appointing Fox Canyon as watermaster.