Recent News & Posts
Easy Reader: Judge stops Hermosa enforcement of short term rental ban
The Easy Reader covered our latest success in court against the City of Hermosa Beach. “A preliminary injunction prohibiting Hermosa Beach from enforcing its ban on Short Term Rentals against resident Todd Koerner was issued by Superior Court Judge James C. Chalfant last Wednesday, July 2.”
Don’t Use the Coastal Act to Abuse the Coastal Act
By Frank P. Angel and Cooper Kass. Published in the Los Angeles Daily Journal on November 30, 2023. If there’s a lesson to be learned from the recent appellate opinion in Coastal Protection Alliance Inc. v. Airbnb, Inc. (2023) 95 Cal.App.5th 207 (CPA), it is: don’t use the Coastal Act to abuse the Coastal Act. CPA and…
Monterey Herald: Vacation rental group files lawsuit against county, board of supervisors
The Monterey Herald reported on our work on behalf of our client, the Monterey County Vacation Rental Alliance: The Monterey County Vacation Rental Alliance announced it has filed legal action against the county of Monterey and the Board of Supervisors — opposing the board’s stricter vacation rental policies. The Vacation Rental Alliance, a nonprofit organization…