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Editorial: Los Angeles can find a fairer way to raise the rent
1 month ago

Editorial: Los Angeles can find a fairer way to raise the rent

LA Times  

The Los Angeles City Council is considering changing the way it sets annual allowable increases for rent-controlled properties for the first time in nearly 40 years. The city ordinance sets an allowable annual increase in rents between a guaranteed minimum of 3% and a maximum of 8% based on the consumer price index, which measures inflation. If allowable rent increases …

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L.A. City Council votes to strengthen law against tenant harassment
3 months, 2 weeks ago

L.A. City Council votes to strengthen law against tenant harassment

LA Times  

Edna Monroy, with Strategic Actions for a Just Economy, joins a 2021 rally marking the first day of enforcement of Los Angeles’ tenant anti-harassment ordinance. The Los Angeles City Council on Tuesday voted in favor of adopting measures to strengthen the city’s tenant anti-harassment ordinance after the original law, approved three years ago, resulted in thousands of tenant complaints and …

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Tenant rights lawyer Ysabel Jurado will face Councilmember Kevin de León in runoff
9 months, 4 weeks ago

Tenant rights lawyer Ysabel Jurado will face Councilmember Kevin de León in runoff

LA Times  

Ysabel Jurado, a candidate for City Council, talks with volunteers before heading out to contact voters in January. Los Angeles City Council candidate Ysabel Jurado didn’t have any big-money backers spending lavishly on her behalf. “Everything involved in building this campaign has been an uphill battle.” By Thursday, Jurado had 24.5% of the vote, compared with 23.4% for De León …

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What L.A. renters should know now that COVID tenant protections are gone
11 months, 1 week ago

What L.A. renters should know now that COVID tenant protections are gone

LA Times  

Bianca Lopez, 25, left, an outreach worker, and La Bomba Jackson, coordinator with We Are Los Angeles, a project of the Mayor’s Fund for Los Angeles, shown with Maria Amezquita, of the Mayor’s Fund for Los Angeles, far right, inform tenants of their rights at an apartment complex on Jan. 18, 2024. Most renter protection programs launched during the pandemic …

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Opinion: I believe in tenants’ rights. But L.A. is pushing out small landlords like me
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Opinion: I believe in tenants’ rights. But L.A. is pushing out small landlords like me

LA Times  

I am a “mom-and-pop” landlord in Los Angeles. If the attitude of the elected officials toward landlords in the city doesn’t change, small landlords like me will leave, and the city will be left with only corporate landlords — and slumlords — who don’t care about rental laws or the well-being of their tenants. Other small landlords lost tens of …

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L.A. eviction cases rose significantly this year. But it’s not all bad news for renters
1 year ago

L.A. eviction cases rose significantly this year. But it’s not all bad news for renters

LA Times  

Eva Garcia joins other tenants and advocates outside the Kenneth Hahn Hall of Administration to demand the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors extend eviction protections during a rally in September 2021. The exact reasons are unclear, but experts and advocates say that permanent tenant protections adopted as the moratoriums expired — such as a Los Angeles city rule that …

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Inside the world’s largest AIDS charity’s troubled move into homeless housing
1 year, 1 month ago

Inside the world’s largest AIDS charity’s troubled move into homeless housing

LA Times  

After her eviction, Alisha Lucero returned to her apartment to find her belongings thrown away. The foundation’s problems, he said, are similar to those faced by other Skid Row landlords: operating old buildings while serving a troubled tenant population without sufficient support from the city. “Eviction makes it hard for families to find decent housing in safe neighborhoods & has …

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‘Tenant from Hell’ evicted after overstaying Airbnb in a $3.5M property for over a Year in Los Angeles
1 year, 2 months ago

‘Tenant from Hell’ evicted after overstaying Airbnb in a $3.5M property for over a Year in Los Angeles

Hindustan Times  

A woman who allegedly stayed in a luxury guest house in Los Angeles for over a year without paying rent was finally evicted on Friday with the help of police officers. Woman Evicted After Year-Long Stay in Luxury LA Guest House Elizabeth Hirschhorn, 55, was dubbed as a “tenant from hell” by her landlord, Sacha Jovanovic, who had been trying …

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With rents set to rise early next year, L.A. City Council faces next test on tenant protections
1 year, 2 months ago

With rents set to rise early next year, L.A. City Council faces next test on tenant protections

LA Times  

Councilmember Hugo Soto-Martínez, center, introduced a proposal to try to stave off the end of the city’s rent freeze for RSO units. That proposal was the subject of heated debate Wednesday in the city’s housing and homelessness committee, which is chaired by Councilmember Nithya Raman, another progressive who led the city’s earlier tenant protection efforts. “Any city where we’ve frozen …

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What to know for Tuesday’s deadline to pay unpaid rent from the start of the pandemic
1 year, 5 months ago

What to know for Tuesday’s deadline to pay unpaid rent from the start of the pandemic

LA Times  

The Keep LA Housed Coalition holds a rally last week to urge city officials to support tenants struggling with rent debt. Eviction protections that were in place at the start of the pandemic expired earlier this year, which means that tenants could face evictions if they’re not able to pay their landlords their unpaid rent from the first 19 months …

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Opinion: I’m a tenant in the mass eviction at Barrington Plaza. This developer decision could devastate L.A.
1 year, 5 months ago

Opinion: I’m a tenant in the mass eviction at Barrington Plaza. This developer decision could devastate L.A.

LA Times  

“Hell, no, we won’t go!” The spirited chant sounded familiar, although it had been 51 years since I last shouted it alongside other demonstrators. This time, instead of protesting the Vietnam War at UC Berkeley’s Sproul Plaza, I stood with 25 other impassioned tenants on a corner of Wilshire Boulevard in West Los Angeles, in front of Barrington Plaza — …

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Opinion: The mass evictions at Barrington Plaza will happen again if L.A. doesn’t act to protect renters
1 year, 7 months ago

Opinion: The mass evictions at Barrington Plaza will happen again if L.A. doesn’t act to protect renters

LA Times  

Last week, corporate landlord Douglas Emmett Inc., announced plans to evict all tenants in its 25-story Barrington Plaza apartment complex in West Los Angeles. The company, which owns 18.3 million square feet of office space and 4,209 rental units in Los Angeles and Honolulu, has cited a city order to upgrade the building’s sprinkler system as the reason for these …

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What to know about L.A.’s new tenant protection laws
1 year, 11 months ago

What to know about L.A.’s new tenant protection laws

LA Times  

The Los Angeles City Council voted Tuesday to finalize the last of its tenant protection package. Some renters, including those in rent-stabilized units, already have “just cause” eviction protections, but making them universal expands the protections to about 400,000 additional units, according to the city’s Housing Department. This law will apply only to a relatively narrow sliver of the city’s …

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L.A. City Council backs minimum threshold for evicting tenants behind on rent
1 year, 11 months ago

L.A. City Council backs minimum threshold for evicting tenants behind on rent

LA Times  

The Los Angeles City Council voted 9-2 Friday to back a proposal that establishes a minimum threshold for eviction for tenants who fall behind on rent. A proposal that establishes a minimum threshold for eviction for tenants who fall behind on rent was provisionally approved Friday by the council, while a separate item that would require landlords to pay relocation …

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L.A. City Council votes to dramatically expand tenant protections ahead of deadline
1 year, 11 months ago

L.A. City Council votes to dramatically expand tenant protections ahead of deadline

LA Times  

With pressure mounting and the clock ticking, the Los Angeles City Council voted unanimously Friday to dramatically expand protections for renters, heading off what advocates had feared could become a wave of evictions. Some renters, including those in rent-stabilized units, already have “just cause” eviction protections, but making them universal expands the protections to about 400,000 additional units, according to …

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With deadline looming, L.A. City Council is set to vote on new tenant protections
1 year, 11 months ago

With deadline looming, L.A. City Council is set to vote on new tenant protections

LA Times  

With Los Angeles’ longstanding COVID-19 anti-eviction rules expiring in less than two weeks, the City Council is set to vote Friday on a proposal that would substantially expand permanent protections for tenants. The legislation package under consideration would establish a minimum threshold for eviction for tenants who fall behind on rent and require landlords to pay relocation fees in some …

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For first time, California civil rights officials file lawsuit alleging Section 8 discrimination
2 years ago

For first time, California civil rights officials file lawsuit alleging Section 8 discrimination

LA Times  

Following a 2020 state law, California landlords can no longer refuse to rent to Section 8 tenants. California civil rights officials have sued two Sacramento landlords, alleging they illegally harassed and evicted a tenant because she paid through a Section 8 voucher. The lawsuit, announced Wednesday, is the first brought by the state Civil Rights Department under a 2020 state …

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L.A. confirms end of COVID eviction rules, while other tenant protections remain in limbo
2 years ago

L.A. confirms end of COVID eviction rules, while other tenant protections remain in limbo

LA Times  

L.A. Councilmember Nithya Raman wants additional tenant protections in place before the expiration of the city’s COVID eviction protections on Feb. 1. Landlords in Los Angeles can resume evicting tenants for unpaid rent and other reasons come Feb. 1, the City Council confirmed in a vote last week. “We already have 40,000 people living in the street and we don’t …

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What California renters can do now with eviction moratorium expired
2 years, 6 months ago

What California renters can do now with eviction moratorium expired

LA Times  

Several deadlines and extensions have come and gone under California’s COVID-19 eviction moratorium. Instead, their payments are deferred and will have to be paid later depending on the local rules, according to attorney Jeffrey Uno with Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles’ Eviction Defense Center. California’s rent relief program has served nearly 340,000 households with an average payment of $11,684 …

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L.A. City Council moves to buy apartments to protect tenants from huge rent hikes
2 years, 7 months ago

L.A. City Council moves to buy apartments to protect tenants from huge rent hikes

LA Times  

The Los Angeles City Council voted Friday to make an offer on an apartment complex in Chinatown, following an emotionally charged hearing where tenants voiced their rage and frustration over massive rent hikes sought by the building’s owner. The council moved forward after hearing impassioned demands from Hillside Villa tenants, some fighting back tears, to use the power of eminent …

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L.A. is poised to ban tenant harassment. Here’s what the proposed law covers
3 years, 7 months ago

L.A. is poised to ban tenant harassment. Here’s what the proposed law covers

LA Times  

Los Angeles is poised to ban landlords from harassing tenants, under a new law meant to beef up legal protections for renters facing coercion and mistreatment. The L.A. ordinance, as proposed, will define “tenant harassment” as a “knowing and willful course of conduct” aimed at a specific tenant or tenants that causes harm and has “no lawful purpose.” Here are …

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Editorial: Tenant protections are homeless prevention
3 years, 8 months ago

Editorial: Tenant protections are homeless prevention

LA Times  

At the tenant clinics hosted by the Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment Action, about 90% of renters who show up seeking help say they’re being harassed by their landlords. Now, after four years of discussion, Los Angeles is close to adopting a tenant anti-harassment law that — if it’s not watered down in the final weeks — could deliver …

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Endorsement: Yes on Prop. 21. California has a housing crisis and cities should be able to protect tenants
4 years, 4 months ago

Endorsement: Yes on Prop. 21. California has a housing crisis and cities should be able to protect tenants

LA Times  

Proposition 21 may feel like deja vu. But a state law, the Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act of 1995, restricts cities’ ability to enact or expand rent control programs to address their local conditions. Proposition 21 would allow cities to impose rent control on single-family houses or condos — if an individual owns more than two homes. More than a dozen …

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‘This isn’t an acceptable reality’: L.A. renters hit new levels of rage under coronavirus
4 years, 8 months ago

‘This isn’t an acceptable reality’: L.A. renters hit new levels of rage under coronavirus

LA Times  

With L.A. under a stay-at-home order to prevent more coronavirus cases, tenants are turning their personal economic situations into mass protests. “I don’t think it’s an unreasonable choice to make in the middle of a global pandemic.” As California enters its second full month under stay-at-home orders designed to prevent more coronavirus cases, a growing number of tenants are turning …

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