The owner of a 13-unit Santa Monica apartment building must return the units to rent control a quarter century after the Rent Board gave the go-ahead to remove them from the market, a California Appeals Court ruled Tuesday.

The Court's ruling overturned a trial court decision last year that found the owner had relied on the Board's decision to spend nearly $500,000 in improvements and renovations.

The Appeals Court found that the lower court had erred last year and ruled that the Board was not authorized to permanently exempt the units from rent control.

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