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COVID-19 Renter Protections
The City of Los Angeles Declaration of Local Emergency effective on March 4, 2020, terminated on February 1, 2023. The provisions apply to all residential rental units in the City of Los Angeles.
LA County office vacancy rises to 16.5%, study finds
Los Angeles office cubicles struggle to find occupants, while the market’s warehouses are crammed with e-commerce goods. The vacancy rate for L.A. County offices rose to 16.5 percent in the third quarter, while warehouse vacancies fell to ...
LA Creates Country’s Second-Largest Pool Of Regulated Apartments With New Renter Protections
With a Jan. 31 deadline looming, the Los Angeles City Council on Friday approved significant renter protections including one instituting universal just-cause eviction protections, making the city's apartment stock the second-largest collection...
L.A. County extends eviction moratorium by 2 months
With Los Angeles County’s pandemic eviction moratorium set to lapse in days, the Board of Supervisors has voted to extend the countywide renters protections once more. The moratorium will now expire at the end of March. This, county leader...
In Last-Minute Vote, LA County Leaders Approve Two-Month Extension Of COVID Renter Protections
With just one week left until pandemic-era eviction rules were set to expire, the L.A. County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to extend COVID-19 renter protections for another two months. Low-income tenants across L.A. County who can’t ...
LA rents dip in December, still higher than pre-pandemic
The cost to rent a Los Angeles apartment dipped 1 percent in December, but that does not mean it’s becoming a cheaper city to live in, according to a research report from Apartment List, a San Francisco-headquartered rental listing site. T...
ULA: Up in Arms
A measure imposing a one-time transfer tax on pricy real estate passed late last year, but some groups are still looking to shoot it down. Koreatown-based Apartment Association of Greater Los Angeles has joined the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers As...
Court to Hear Challenge to Pasadena Rent Control Measure (therealdeal.com)
An L.A. County judge has set a late March court date for an ongoing legal challenge to Measure H, the signature Pasadena rent control law that was passed by the city’s voters in November. Measure H, which Pasadena voters approved by nearly...