The owners of 32 apartment buildings and projects in Santa Monica filed a lawsuit in federal court Monday challenging the City's new restrictions on residential leases.

The ordinance adopted September 8 -- which requires leases to be at least one year -- violates the constitutional rights of both landlords and tenants, the plaintiffs' attorneys said.

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