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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 ...

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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...

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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...

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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 ...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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New Resident Manager Laws for 2023 by Gary Ganchrow, Esq. – AOAUSA

Regular readers of this space know that Attorney Dale Alberstone, who for many years has dispensed practical resident manager wisdom and advice to AOA readers, traditionally writes this annual update article. Dale announced his retirement last ...

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Evictions Can Now Proceed

The abuse imposed on landlords is finally coming to a conclusion. Tenants will now be forced to pay rent or risk eviction. Since March 2020 through January 2023, residential and commercial tenants could avoid their rental obligations by merely ...

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L.A. to end COVID eviction protections by February

After nearly three years of COVID-19 emergency restrictions, landlords will once again be allowed to evict tenants who have fallen behind on their rent, the L.A. City Council decided Tuesday. The unanimous vote allows the eviction protection...

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