The City of Santa Monica is pursuing legal action against a group of local landlords. In a new lawsuit filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court, city attorneys claim the Enayati family and related companies converted and ran rent-controlled apartments as illegal short-term rentals, making approximately $18 million in the process, Westside Current reported. The lawsuit alleges that the landlords turned at least 62 rent-controlled units across at least 25 properties into unpermitted short-term rentals. In total, the landlords reportedly booked almost 3,000 reservations that violated the city’s Residential Leasing Requirements Ordinance. According to city attorneys, the landlords would wait […]
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