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Try CasePortal for FreeJ. Adams holds that the trial court erred when it dismissed tenants' class action against a landlord based on a finding that common issues of law or fact did not predominate. The tenants made adequate allegations that their landlord had a common scheme to make Ellis Act evictions and then offer the units for residential purposes. The tenants will have to establish that the landlords' practice of withdrawing units and then offering them on Airbnb constitutes re-rental for residential purposes under the Act and local ordinance. Because the tenants showed a reasonable possibility of common questions of liability under the Act and local ordinance, their related fraud and unfair competition claims are also viable. Also, class treatment is not barred by the requirement that class members must show individualized damages. Reversed.