June 14, 2016 -- Nicole Phillis, chair of Santa Monica’s Rent Control Board, said nobody knows for sure how measures such as the LUVE Initiative, likely going before voters in November, and the Downtown Community Plan, currently under review, will affect the future of the City’s rent-controlled units.

But she wants City officials to find out through a formal study.

Phillis’ colleagues on the rent board supported her proposal Thursday that the City Council be urged to conduct a study on whether conditions could be identified that cause landlords to evict tenants as a method to get out of the rental business

This method of eviction is allowed under the rules of the State’s Ellis Act.

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