Columbia Sussex Management, LLC v. City of Santa Monica
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11 COLUMBIA SUSSEX MANAGEMENT, Case № 2:19-CV-09991-ODW (SKx) LLC, and CW HOTEL LIMITED 12 PARTNERSHIP, individually and on behalf of all other hotel owners and ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR 13 managers operating hotels in Santa Monica, California, PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION [24] 14 and VACATING DECEMBER 23 15 Plaintiffs, HEARING
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17 CITY OF SANTA MONICA,
18 Defendant. 19 I. INTRODUCTION 20 Plaintiffs Columbia Sussex Management, LLC, and CW Hotel Limited 21 Partnership (“Plaintiffs”) sued the City of Santa Monica (“City”) seeking a finding 22 that Santa Monica Municipal Code (“SMMC”) Chapter 4.67.030(a) (the “Ordinance”) 23 is unconstitutional, invalid, and preempted. (First Am. Compl. (“FAC”) ¶ 4, ECF 24 No. 4.) Plaintiffs move with expedited briefing for a preliminary injunction to prevent 25 the Ordinance from taking effect (“Motion”). (See Mot. Prelim. Inj. (“Mot.”), ECF 26 No. 24.) For the reasons below, the Court DENIES…