SoCal cities made landlords pay when rent hikes pushed out tenants. Then courts stepped in

Southern California cities like Los Angeles and Pasadena previously required landlords to provide relocation assistance to tenants displaced by excessive rent hikes, but recent court rulings declared these policies illegal. Landlord groups argued the requirements violated legal rights by penalizing lawful rent increases, leading cities to remove enforcement of the policy, leaving tenants to bear relocation costs alone.