Case Involved Tenant Harassment and Covid Eviction Moratorium By Dolores Quintana In a significant legal judgment involving the City's Tenant Harassment Ordinance, COVID-19 Eviction Moratorium, and Home-Sharing Ordinance, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Michael E. Whitaker has approved a sti
City Sues Santa Monica Landlords for allegedly fraudulent behaviors during pandemic
Feb. 05, 2021 at 6:00 am
Allegedly fraudulent and malicious conduct has prompted the City of Santa Monica to file a lawsuit against local landlords who are accused of violating the City’s Tenant Harassment Ordinance and eviction moratorium.
The complaint filed last week states Youseph and Hanokh Golshirazian, and SoCal Investment Company, LLC, have allegedly attempted to drive rent-controlled tenants out of their homes since they first purchased their 30-unit residential property located at 153 San Vicente Boulevard in 2017.
SoCal Investment Company did not return a request for interview as of Thursday. However, twenty-three of its thirty units at the San Vicente property were vacant as of last week, according to Santa Monica Rent Control Board records, and the City alleges the defendants have used fraud, intimidation and other unlawful behavior in an attempt to evict five of the last-remaining