Judge Dismisses Rent Freeze Lawsuit Against City of Santa Barbara

Judge Dismisses Rent Freeze Lawsuit Against City of Santa Barbara

In a win for the City of Santa Barbara, a judge this week dismissed a lawsuit filed by property owners over the city’s temporary rent freeze. Judge Sherilyn Peace Garnett of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California issued the ruling in the lawsuit that alleged that the city’s temporary rent freeze that went into effect in February was “unconstitutional” and violated due process.  The judge also dismissed the Santa Barbara C…