Courts in Brief

摘要

The East Palo Alto rent stabilization ordinance does not permit recovery of attorney's fees by a landlord in successful litigation against the city, the California Court of Appeal, First District, Division 5, ruled. (Woodland Park Management, LLC v. City of East Palo Alto Rent Stabilization Board, No. A124154, 2010 WL 338838 (Cal.App. 1 Dist), February 1, 2010)rnSection 15.A.5 of the ordinance provides that the prevailing party in any civil proceeding initiated by a landlord or tenant may recover reasonable attorney's fees. However, the court held that this provision applies only to proceedings between a landlord and a tenant and not to a proceeding by a landlord or tenant against the city.