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Wednesday, October 7, 2026
Courthouse News Service
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Rent control

SAN FRANCISCO — A federal court in California denied the city of Oakland’s motion for judgment on the pleadings in a suit brought by disabled, low-income renters who say they are excluded from participating in the city’s rent-control program because most of those units are too old to be accessible.

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