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Zoning, Planning and Use

Jan. 6, 1999

Rent Control Is Not a Taking, Court Decides

Narrowly rejecting an innovative attack on rent control, a closely divided California Supreme Court ruled Monday that a landlord may not seek compensation for an unlawful "taking" on the theory that a rent control ordinance has failed to achieve its stated goals of relieving a housing shortage.

By Philip Carrizosa
Daily Journal Senior Writer
        Narrowly rejecting an innovative attack on rent control, a closely divided California Supreme Court ruled Monday that a landlord may not seek compensation for an unlawful "taking" on the theory that a rent control ordinance has failed to achieve its stated goals of relieving a housing shortage.
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