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# Letter: Clarifying Rent Board comments on Ellis Act donations and withdrawn units
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/062007-story/
- Published: 2007-06-20T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-24T01:13:42.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Santa Monica, #archive-import

*By Keith J. Kresge Staff attorney, Santa Monica Rent Control Board*

I’m writing to clarify information attributed to me and included in the article (“Apartments spared,” June 14).

Any donations, regardless of who made them, which compensate the property owner (Or Khaim Hashalom) for residential occupancy of withdrawn units, would be considered rent. Under such circumstances, withdrawn units would be considered again offered for rent or lease in violation of Ellis Act restrictions on their use.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on June 20, 2007.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/062007.pdf?ref=smdp.com)