Landlord Gets $1M Back After Decade-Long Battle

A Santa Barbara landlord is getting a $1 million refund after a judge ruled he was overcharged in a decade-long receivership battle over his rental properties. The city had sued him for code violations, leading to a court-appointed receiver who oversaw repairs—but the judge found the original receiver improperly outsourced work without approval, inflating costs. A new receiver cleaned things up efficiently, and while the judge acknowledged Pini’s history of neglect, she sided with him on fair compensation, rejecting punitive damages. All eight properties are now code-compliant, and repairs on his last property, the former Fiesta Inn, are set to finish by year’s end. Support the show:Get a discount at https://solipillow.com/discount/dnn. Advertise on DNN:[email protected] This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting.Report issues to [email protected]. View sources & latest updates:https://sources.thednn.ai/a13c2a2bfb635d76