Aerni

Filed 3/25/

CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION

IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION THREE

MELISSA I. AERNI et al., B341484

Plaintiffs and Appellants, (Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. 22STCV37210) v.

RR SAN DIMAS, L.P., et al.,

Defendants and Respondents.

APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Lawrence Riff, Judge. Reversed and remanded. Clarkson Law Firm, Glenn A. Danas, Brent A. Robinson; Yash Law Group and Yashdeep Singh for Plaintiffs and Appellants. Chen Horwitz & Franklin and John Horwitz for Defendants and Respondents.

‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗ Plaintiffs Melissa I. Aerni and Katherine Atsaves brought this putative class action against defendants RR San Dimas, L.P. and Mountain High/Holiday Hill Corporation, owners of the Red Roof Inn in San Dimas (the hotel), alleging violations of Civil Code section 1940.1.1 Section 1940.1 was intended to curb what its drafters referred to as the “28-day shuffle”—the practice of some residential hotels of requiring residents to move out, or check out and reregister, every 28 days to avoid obtaining tenant protections. Consistent with this…