Government
Dec. 13, 2010
The Great Rent Control War
From the legislature, to the governor, and then the ballot - opposition greets rent control at every stage.
Myron Moskovitz
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UC Berkeley SOL Boalt Hal
Myron Moskovitz is author of Strategies On Appeal (CEB, 2021; digital: ceb.com; print: https://store.ceb.com/strategies-on-appeal-2) and Winning An Appeal (5th ed., Carolina Academic Press). He is Director of Moskovitz Appellate Team, a group of former appellate judges and appellate research attorneys who handle and consult on appeals and writs. See MoskovitzAppellateTeam.com. The Daily Journal designated Moskovitz Appellate Team as one of California's top boutique law firms. Myron can be contacted at myronmoskovitz@gmail.com or (510) 384-0354. Prior "Moskovitz On Appeal" columns can be found at http://moskovitzappellateteam.com/blog.
At oral argument in Birkenfeld v. City of Berkeley (1976) 17 Cal.3d 129, the state Supreme Court had given pretty clear signs that it was going to uphold rent control. So landlord organizations told their lobbyists to get to work, before any other city enacted rent control. They introduced AB3788, which the Assembly passed June 16, 1976 (coincidentally the same day that the Supreme Court issued its opinion in Birkenfeld). The Senate passed it on Aug. 30. And that's what bro...
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