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SANTA MONICA, Calif., May 23 -- The Santa Monica Police Department issued the following press release:
The City Attorney's Office Consumer Protection Unit has filed a lawsuit against the landlord of a rent-controlled property, alleging violations of local laws protecting tenants against housing discrimination and tenant harassment.
In the complaint, the city alleges that landlord Masoud Atef intentionally discriminated against his tenant based on disability. One tenant who has resided at the property since 2021, and who is immunocompromised, made multiple requests in the past year for a reasonable accommodation that Atef professionally remediate toxic mold in her unit and temporarily relocate her during the remediation.
The complaint alleges that Atef declined to consider the request and told the tenant...