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Another Landmark Opinion Upholding Local Rent Control

December 23, 2010 -- Aleshire & Wynder’s Rent Control and Mobilehome Park Law Team (including Partners Bill Wynder, Sunny Soltani, and Associate Jeff Malawy) participated in another “landmark” litigation defending the authority of local municipalities to adopt and enforce rent stabilization laws. Acting as amicus on behalf of the League of California Cities and the California State Association of Counties, Attorneys Wynder, Soltani, and Malawy filed a brief defending the City of Goleta’s rent control ordinance and its largely-senior citizen mobilehome park residents.

A&W Attorneys Defeat Claim by Disappointed Developer

November 1, 2010 -- Aleshire & Wynder attorneys June Ailin and Lona Laymon averted a $1.1 million judgment against the San Fernando Redevelopment Agency by establishing that a developer was not entitled to damages related to unsuccessful negotiation of a disposition and development agreement. Wilshire Ventures Corp., et al. v. San Fernando Redevelopment Agency, Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. BC410145.

Landmark Opinion in Mobilehome Park Conversions

October 1, 2010 -- Aleshire & Wynder’s Rent Control and Mobilehome Park Law Team (including Partners Bill Wynder, Sunny Soltani, and Associate Jeff Malawy) has scored another significant victory for municipalities inCalifornia regarding the scope of local authority in processing mobilehome park conversion applications to resident ownership.

Zoning Victory for Newport Beach

September 14, 2010 -- Attorney Wes Miliband secured a significant victory for the City of Newport Beach when the Honorable William M. Monroe, Judge of the Superior Court of Orange County, entered Judgment for the City and against a boarding house operator after more than two years of litigation.

Victory for the City of Carson in Protecting Mobilehome Park Residents from Non-bona fide Conversions

April 21, 2010 -- Mobilehome park residents and local governments up and down the State of California scored a victory when the Court of Appeal issued its decision in Carson Harbor Village, Ltd. v. City of Carson, 2nd Appellate District Case No. B211777, on March 30, 2010. Thanks to the efforts of Aleshire & Wynder partners William Wynder and Sunny Soltani, and associate Jeff Malawy, the decision is the first Court of Appeal decision ever to hold that a city has both the discretion and the authority to deny a mobilehome park conversion if it determines the conversion is not bona fide.

Victory for Signal Hill Redevelopment Agency

December 20, 2009 -- Partners Sunny K. Soltani and June Ailin scored a huge victory in a jury trial in a condemnation action -- a jury verdict $4.1 million less than the property owner's appraised value.

Victory for Mobilehome Park Rent Control in Carson

November 26, 2009 -- A $34 Million case dismissed in its entirety

We are pleased to announce the recent dismissal of a $34 Million federal constitutional challenge to the City of Carson’s mobilehome park rent control ordinance in Colony Cove Properties, LLC v. City of Carson, et al., Central District of California Case No. CV08-07065 PA.

Land Use Victory for Bellflower

November 1, 2009 -- Partner June Ailin scored a significant land use victory for the City of Bellflower when the Second District Court of Appeal reversed a lower court judgment on October 19, 2009.

In an unpublished opinion in the case of Triumph Transport, Inc. v. City of Bellflower, 2nd Civil Case No. B209586, the Court of Appeal concluded a moratorium on trucking yards in the city’s light industrial zone was applicable to a trucking use for which a business license and zoning clearance were sought several weeks before the moratorium went into effect.

A&W Successfully Defends City's Firing of Police Officer

November 30, 2008 -- Attorneys Glen Tucker and Pam Lee defend City of Inglewood

The Court of Appeal recently upheld the City of Inglewood’s termination of a police officer who claimed to have improper notice of an interrogation hearing. The interrogation confirmed that the officer, Richard Correa, had on-duty sex with a prostitute. The case is Correa v. City of Inglewood, et al. (2008) 2nd Appellate District, Division One, Case No. B204205.

Successful Defense of Rent Control Ruling for Carson

July 21, 2008 -- In a ruling that affects how the City of Carson may administer its rent control ordinance throughout the entire City, the Second District of the California Court of Appeal has agreed that Carson can determine fair rents by “averaging” the amounts that can be calculated from various formulas under the City’s rent control ordinance.

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