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City Files Suit Against Major Santa Monica Landlord

City Files Suit Against Major Santa Monica Landlord

01/10/2019 8:25 AM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)

The City has filed a lawsuit against affiliates of one of Santa Monica's largest landlords charging them with tenant harassment, violating local zoning laws and maintaining a public nuisance.

The defendants include Adam Shekhter, whose father Neil Shekhter recently lost control of nine local apartment buildings after a legal dispute with the hedge fund AEW Capital.

The complaint was filed after the Code Enforcement Division of the City’s Planning & Community Development Department received numerous complaints from the public, according to the City Attorney's office.

"The investigation revealed that the defendants knowingly disobeyed repeated instructions from Code Enforcement (and) failed to fully comply with the City’s tenant relocation order," City officials said Thursday.

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https://www.santamonica.gov/press/2019/01/10/city-attorney-files-criminal-complaint-against-landlords-for-tenant-harassment-public-nuisance-and-zoning-violations