Santa Barbara Association of Realtors Sues City over ZIR

The Santa Barbara Association of Realtors has filed a lawsuit with the City of Santa Barbara over ZIR policies.

The question at the heart of the lawsuit is whether the City of Santa Barbara has the right to search a person’s home to conduct a ZIR inspection without a warrant. Here is an excerpt from a KEYT article:

“What we are filing for is we are challenging the constitutionality under the 4th amendment that say you have the right against unreasonable searches by government officials and right now they have an ordinance that says you have to have inspection by a government official and they have no probable cause or warrant,” said Bob Hart, the executive at Santa Barbara Association of Realtors.

Joe Parker of the Santa Barbara Group has been following this story and has posted other articles on this site. Below is a YouTube video from Joe with his take on this lawsuit. Hope you enjoy.