Eversley
Abco, LLC v. Eversley
Opinion
Lead Opinion
Turner, J.
I. INTRODUCTION
Plaintiff, ABCO, LLC, appeals from a summary judgment entered in favor of defendant, Fred Eversley, on an unlawful detainer complaint. The unlawful detainer complaint was filed after defendant, a tenant, refused to pay rental increases for premises located on Abbot Kinney Boulevard in the City of Los Angeles (the city). Defendant argued plaintiff’s rental increases violated the Rent Stabilization Ordinance of the City of Los Angeles (L.A. Mun. Code, § 151.00 et seq.) 1 (the ordinance) and no exemption for one-family dwellings applied. The trial court ruled plaintiff violated section 151.04, subdivision A by raising defendant’s rent in excess of section 151.07, subdivision A.6. The trial court rejected plaintiff’s contention that the Abbot Kinney Boulevard property was exempt from the ordinance because it was a one-family dwelling within the meaning of section 12.03. We affirm.
II. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
On May 27, 2011, plaintiff filed an unlawful detainer complaint against defendant for five largely unpaid monthly rental installments due at $9,900 *1095 per month. The notice to pay rent or quit dated May 9, 2011, sought rent from January 1…