PROMOTE YOUR BUSINESS HERE! Yes, in this very spot! Call for details (310)
458-7737
MONDAY, APRIL 14, 2014
Volume 13 Issue 126
Santa Monica Daily Press
CAPTAIN OF THE BOX OFFICE SEE PAGE 3
We have you covered
THE MEOW MEOW ISSUE
SOLIDARITY
Paul Alvarez Jr. editor@smdp.com Apples were held up Sunday at City Hall on behalf of Mark Black, a teacher that was placed on leave following an altercation with a pair of Santa Monica High students.
Tenant harassment claims rising BY DAVID MARK SIMPSON Daily Press Staff Writer
CITYWIDE As rents rise in the city by the sea so have claims by tenants who say their landlords are harassing them. This fiscal year, Santa Monica City Hall is on pace to receive 43 official harassment complaints from renters. Last fiscal year they heard 38 and the year before it was 34. There
have been 34 so far this year with more than two months remaining. Deputy City Attorney Gary Rhoades briefed the Rent Control Board Thursday on the current state of tormented tenants. City Hall’s ordinance on the subject, which was passed almost exactly 20 years ago, prohibits landlords from doing things like using lies and intimidation to get renters to move out, refusing repairs required by
law, or intentionally disturbing the peace and quiet. There are numerous reasons a landlord would be motivated to coerce a tenant to leave including rent control, which keeps units at stable rental rates so long as the renter doesn’t move out. “Generally, we’re in a leveling off period,”
LOS ANGELES San Francisco 49ers linebacker Aldon Smith was arrested Sunday at Los Angeles International Airport after
authorities said he became belligerent during a security screening and threatened that he had a bomb. The 24-year-old player was randomly selected for a secondary screening at
Gary Limjap (310) 586-0339 In today’s real estate climate ...
Experience counts! garylimjap@gmail.com www.garylimjap.com
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BOSTON Runners in a monthlong coast-to-
Terminal 1 and became uncooperative with the process, airport police Sgt. Karla Ortiz said. She said he told a TSA agent that he had
coast relay of more than 3,300 miles to raise money for a charity aiding Boston Marathon bombing victims have crossed the finish line. One Run for Boston began March 16 in Santa Monica, Calif., and ended Sunday evening in Boston. More than 2,000 runners were in the uninterrupted relay through 14 states. Each ran at least one seven- to 20-mile segment. The relay raised more than $425,000 for the One Fund, which supports people who were
SEE LAX PAGE 8
SEE BOSTON PAGE 10
SEE CLAIMS PAGE 10
49ers linebacker Aldon Smith arrested at LAX THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
3,300 mile race for Boston Marathon victims ends
TAXES ALL FORMS, ALL TYPES, ALL STATES
BACK TAXES • BOOKKEEPING • SMALL BUSINESS
SAMUEL B. MOSES, CPA
(310) 395-9922
100 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 1800Santa Monica 90401