L.A. County supervisors approve 4% cap on rent increases through June
LA TimesL.A. County Supervisor Kathryn Barger, shown in October, voted to oppose the 4% cap on rent increases, calling it a “stopgap policy.” Los Angeles County supervisors voted Tuesday to extend — and slightly increase to 4% — a soon-to-expire cap on rent increases, sparing tenants in unincorporated areas from a big rent hike for an additional six months. Supervisor Kathryn Barger voted against the 4% rent increase cap, calling it a “stopgap policy” that placed the burden on mom-and-pop landlords. Rather than limit rent increases, Mitchell and Barger said the county should focus on building more housing and getting money out the door that they’d already marked to help small landlords. “We should all be embarrassed.” The vote came amid objections from landlords who said they were hurting financially after having forgone any meaningful rent increases since before the pandemic.
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