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CARSON MOBILEHOME PARK OWNERS' ASSN. v. CITY OF CARSON

Docket No. L.A. 31705.

35 Cal.3d 184 (1983)

672 P.2d 1297

197 Cal. Rptr. 284

CARSON MOBILEHOME PARK OWNERS' ASSOCIATION, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. CITY OF CARSON et al., Defendants and Appellants.

Supreme Court of California.

December 19, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Richards, Watson, Dreyfuss & Gershon, Glenn R. Watson, Mary L. Walker, Rochelle Browne and Carol W. Lynch for Defendants and Appellants.

Myron Moskovitz, James R. Grow, Michael Heumann, Stephen Wiman, Mary Ann Yurkonis, Robert M. Myers, City Attorney (Santa Monica),

Stephen S. Stark, Assistant City Attorney, and Karl M. Manheim, Deputy City Attorney, as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Appellants.

Lazof & Swanson, C. Brent Swanson, Terry R. Dowdall and Ellis J. Horvitz for Plaintiff and Respondent.

Latham & Watkins, Stephen L. Jones and George Kimball as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Respondent.

OPINION

BIRD, C.J.

The sole issue presented by this case is whether the City of Carson's mobilehome rent control ordinance is constitutional on its face.

I.

In May of 1979, the Carson City Council adopted a 90-day moratorium on rent increases in mobilehome parks. The moratorium was designed to preserve the status quo while the city council considered what legislative solution, if any, would be appropriate to combat...

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