Escondido Settles Rental Ban Lawsuit

The City of Escondido Settled the lawsuit against its rental ban ordinance.

According to a statement issued by the City, problems revealed during litigation included "the lack of an assured federal database to determine the status of individuals for housing purposes."
http://www.escondido.org/immigration/index.html

Cost was another major factor.

It is apparent that the ACLU's strategy is to over-litigate against any local jurisdiction that attempts to pass a rental ban. That way, should a local jurisdiction eventually lose, it is punished by having to pay on the order of $1 million of the ACLU's attorney's fees. They home that no jurisdictions are willing to continue the litigation when faced with those risks.

Other jurisdictions are continuing the litigation. That litigation is being tracked at:
http://www.ipress.info/