Hirschfield

Filed 8/24/

CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION

IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION SEVEN

RICHARD S. HIRSCHFIELD, B312960

as Trustee, etc., (Los Angeles County Plaintiff, Cross- Super. Ct. No. SC124349) complainant and Appellant,

v.

TANYA COHEN,

Defendant;

SANTA MONICA RENT

CONTROL BOARD,

Intervener, Cross- defendant and Respondent.

APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Mark A. Young, Judge. Affirmed. Rosario Perry and Steven A. Coard for Plaintiff, Cross- complainant and Appellant. Santa Monica Rent Control Board, Alison Regan and Hakhamanesh M. Mortezaie, for Intervener, Cross-defendant and Respondent. __________________________

Richard Hirschfield appeals from a declaratory judgment finding the property he owns at 746 Marine Street in Santa Monica is subject to the City of Santa Monica’s (City) rent control law. In 1994 Hirschfield, as trustee of the Richard S. Hirschfield Trust, purchased four contiguous lots designated as 738 through 746 Marine Street in Santa Monica; the lots in turn contained five rental units that were spread over the four parcels. In 2004…