Section 8 Tenancies in Non-Rent Control Apartment Units
LAist recently posted an article regarding a landlord in in the Mid-City area of Los Angeles evicting all Section 8 tenants in an apartment building. Under Section 8 guidelines, a landlord is only required to serve a tenant with a 90 Day Notice to Quit stating that the landlord does not want to work with […]
Q & A Regarding Ellis Act Evictions
89.3 KPCC recently posted a questions and answer article regarding tenant’s rights under the Ellis Act. The article is informative for both landlords and tenants because it outlines what occurs during an eviction under the Ellis Act in the City of Los Angeles. The article is relevant for owners and tenants in units subject to […]
Ellis Act Evictions on the Rise in Los Angeles
KPCC is confirming that evictions under the Ellis Act are on the rise in Los Angeles. The Ellis Act allows landlords to get out of the rental business. It is usually used for condominium conversions and demolishing old units to make new condo units. In Los Angeles, in addition to the provisions of Government Code […]
Attorneys’ Fees Provisions in Rental Agreements
The California Court of Appeal recently found that provisions in a residential lease that allow for attorneys’ fees may be recovered in the case of a declaratory relief and intentional interference with prospective economic advantage claim. Burien LLC v. James A. Wiley provides some insight on the recovery of attorney’s fees in accordance with rent […]
Purchasing a Bootleg Unit
They have many names: “converted garage,” “illegal unit,” “bootleg unit,” or “unpermitted unit,” but they’re all the same. There are many units in the City of Los Angeles and surrounding cities that are not actually permitted by the local government authority. In particular, the unit does not have a certificate of occupancy which means that […]
Tenants in Single Family Homes in Los Angeles
Steve Lopez from the L.A. Times had recently wrote about a family in Echo Park being displaced as a result of a new development being built on their property. The family who had lived there for 31 years is being “asked” to leave. I quoted “asked” because if they are not out by a certain […]
What Los Angeles Rent Control Does and Does Not Do
I get many questions about the Los Angeles Rent Stabilization Ordinance from landlords and tenants who are often confused by what exactly the rent control ordinance controls and what it does not address. The Los Angeles Housing and Community Development Department has a Bulletin on what the Department does and does not do for both […]
How Much Relocation Assistance is Required under the Los Angeles Rent Stabilization Ordinance?
Under the Los Angeles Rent Stabilization Ordinance, a landlord is required to pay relocation assistance to each unit prior to evicting a tenant for certain reasons. Los Angeles landlords are required to pay relocation assistance when they are evicting a tenant for the following most relevant reasons: Eviction for occupancy of the unit by landlord, […]
New Courthouses to Hear Unlawful Detainer Cases
Los Angeles County has two additional courthouses that will start hearing unlawful detainer cases starting in 2015. Unlawful detainers can be filed in the Van Nuys Courthouse and Norwalk Courthouse starting January 5, 2015. If your case was filed in one of the hub locations prior to January 5, 2015, that courthouse will still hear […]
Is a new condo conversion unit still regulated by the Los Angeles Rent Stabilization Ordinance?
In an interesting but limited decision, the California Court of Appeals was required to review whether an apartment building that was converted to condominiums in 2009 but still left the existing tenants in the units still fell within the Los Angeles Rent Stabilization Ordinance (“LARSO”). The Court found that even if a new certificate of […]
