Tenants got a rare chance to come back after being evicted — but most didn’t
LA TimesTwo years after her eviction, Sylvie Shain moves back into her apartment at the Villa Carlotta in Hollywood. “Me going back is like the little guy winning.” Shain and other renters lost their apartments after a new owner announced plans to turn the Villa Carlotta into a boutique hotel. Two years after her eviction, Sylvie Shain, center, moves a sofa back into her apartment at the Villa Carlotta with help from friends Jen Getz, left, and Steve Luftman, right in Hollywood. “Once they’re out, the likelihood that they’ll go back is almost slim to none.” CGI Strategies, which owns the Villa Carlotta, withdrew plans to turn the building into a hotel two years ago, in the face of opposition from City Councilman David Ryu. ”I’ve never seen a client return,” said Inner City Law Center supervising attorney Ingrid Arriaga, who isn’t representing Villa Carlotta tenants.
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