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LA Apartment Owners Brace For ‘Horrendous’ Fallout Of Section 8 Cuts

Los Angeles multifamily landlords and tenants are girding for yet another blow on the heels of January’s historically destructive fires that tore through a city still recovering from the pandemic. The latest challenge for the city’s apar...

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Help stop stricter statewide rent control

Contact your lawmaker today. Take action today to stop AB 1157 by Assemblyman Ash Kalra, D-San Jose, which would impose stricter rent control on nearly all rental housing providers in California. The bill will be heard in the Assembly Hou...

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LA City Imposes New Registration Requirements (and Fees) for Landlords

The LA City Council passed an amendment to the Just Cause for Eviction Ordinance (JCO), which went into effect January 27, 2025. It applies to most landlords who own and lease residential property within the city, if they are not already regula...

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The Change Reaction Wildfire Relief Fund Partners with Scott Properties

Scott Properties Group is pleased to partner with The Change Reaction in an effort to provide financial assistance to those affected by the wildfires. We strongly believe the resiliency of hard working Angelenos is propelled when all community ...

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L.A. County approves emergency rental protections for displaced residents and pets

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors has approved a resolution providing temporary rental protections and short-term rental policy changes to assist residents and their pets displaced by the January 2025 windstorm and critical fire events.

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LA City Council Punts On Postfire Eviction Pause, Rent Freeze

The Los Angeles City Council voted Wednesday to continue discussions of a proposed eviction pause and rent freeze in the wake of the Eaton and Palisades fires in a council committee rather than vote to enact it or not. Councilmembers cited ...

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News Alert: West Hollywood Suspends 1-Year Lease Requirement

On January 21, 2025, the West Hollywood City Council unanimously passed an urgency ordinance entitled, "Emergency Urgency Ordinance in Response to Fires" that goes into effect immediately. The ordinance suspends the existing the 1-year minimum ...

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Gov. Newsom issues executive order barring L.A. County landlords from evicting tenants housing wildfire victims

LOS ANGELES (KTLA) – Gov. Gavin Newsom issued an executive order Friday prohibiting landlords in Los Angeles County from evicting tenants who open their doors to wildfire victims. “At a time when so many have been suddenly displaced, we ...

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AB 2493: Tenancy: application screening fee

Existing law authorizes a landlord or their agent, when they receive a request to rent a residential property, to charge an application screening fee to cover the cost of obtaining information about the applicant. Existing law also prohibits a ...

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