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Housing Group Praises Eric Garcetti, Criticizes Wendy Greuel
Los Angeles Daily News
May 17, 2013 |
Federal Sequester Hits Home for Many of L.A.'s Poor
Los Angeles Daily News
March 22, 2013 |
Tim Leiweke Wove AEG Into The Fabric Of L.A.
Los Angeles Times
March 14, 2013 |
L.A. Housing Activist Says AEG Will Still Carry Weight At City Hall
Los Angeles Times - L.A. Now
March 14, 2013 |
Condomania and the Campaign
LA Observed
February 23, 2013 |
Will Los Angeles City Council District 13 Candidates Fully Address Hollywood's Affordable Housing Crisis?
LA Weekly
January 25, 2013 |
L.A. Mayoral Rivals Dinged for Favoring Developers, Fueling Affordable-Housing Loss
LA Weekly
January 17, 2013 |
Hollywood's Urban Cleansing
LA Weekly
January 03, 2013 |
Northridge Slayings Spotlight Unlicensed Boarding Homes
Los Angeles Daily News
December 03, 2012 |
Landlords Cannot Evict Tenants Without Good Cause In Public Subsidized Low-Income Housing
IndyBay.org
May 24, 2012 |
Rising Rents May Signal A Housing Market Recovery
Los Angeles Times
March 13, 2012 |
Brown Nixes Affordable Housing Preservation Bill, Takes Away Critical Enforcement Tools
CityWatch LA
September 15, 2011 |
Subcontractor Says L.A. Affordable-Housing Funds Were Diverted To Remodel Glendale Councilman's Home
Los Angeles Times
June 10, 2011 |
Bottom Line: Few Heroes in this Production of 'Rent'
Los Angeles Wave
March 2, 2011 |
Historical Low Rental Housing
La Opinión
February 8, 2011 |
West Hollywood's Historic El Mirador Apartments Being Emptied
WeHo News
September 23, 2010 |
Renters Fight for Right to Know Who Landlord Is
CityWatch LA
August 10, 2010 |
Vacancies Give Renters Room to Negotiate
Los Angeles Times
July 5, 2009 |
Fight to Save Homes in Koreatown
CityWatch LA
March 27, 2009 |
Low-Cost Housing: Another Crisis Looming?
Time
September 19, 2008 |
Low-Cost Housing At Risk in Los Angeles
Los Angeles Daily News
August 18, 2008 |
Wilshire Temple Evicts Tenants, Destroys Housing
Los Angeles CityBeat
May 1, 2008 |
Developer Seeks Affordable Housing Exemption
Los Angeles Times
April 7, 2007 |
Hollywood Gentrification - Housing Threatened
The New York Times
January 26, 2007 |
Welcome to Gentrification City
LA Weekly
August 25-31, 2006 |
Los Angeles Council Votes to Save Housing Stock
Los Angeles Times
June 9, 2003 |
Hollywood Area Wants New Firehouse Built Elsewhere
Los Angeles Times
November 5, 2002 |
Condo Conversions |
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Tenants Persist: Save Homes
CityWatch LA
March 24, 2009
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Big Time Lobbyist Loses: City Rejects Panorama City Condo Conversion
CityWatch LA
March 13, 2009
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Condo Conversions Cause Casualties
Jewish Journal - Opinion Section
August 31, 2007 |
Downtown Housing Plan Does Not Meet Needs
Los Angeles Times
August 9, 2007 |
City Council Rejects Tenant Relocation Firm
Los Angeles Times
August 8, 2007 |
Apartment Refugees in a Sea of High Rents
Los Angeles Daily News
May 27, 2007 |
Will Condo Threat Unite Seniors?
Jewish Journal - Opinion Section
April 27, 2007 |
Council Condo Action Not Enough
Los Angeles Times - Opinion Section
April 8, 2007 |
Condo Proposals Pass City Council
Los Angeles Times
April 5, 2007 |
Condo Proposals Pass City Council
Los Angeles Daily News
April 5, 2007 |
Planning Department Ignores City Council, Approves Condos
Los Angeles Daily News
February 12, 2007 |
Response to Condo Conversion Editorial
Los Angeles Daily News
February 2, 2007 |
L.A. Condo Rules Closer to Approval
Los Angeles Daily News
January 31, 2007 |
Condo Conversions Limits Weighed
Los Angeles Daily News
December 14, 2006 |
Condo Limits Will Not Dent L.A.'s Pricey Rents
Los Angeles Business Journal
November 20, 2006 |
L.A. Tries to Stem Switch to Condos
Los Angeles Times
November 15, 2006 |
Tenants Push City to Protect Condos
Los Angeles Daily News
November 1, 2006 |
L.A. Tries to Deal With Condo Rush
LA Weekly
August 18-24, 2006 |
Council Panel Proposes New Condo Rules
Los Angeles Times
August 16, 2006 |
City Panel Makes Condo Recommendations
Los Angeles Daily News
August 16, 2006 |
Council Condo Plan Falls Short
Los Angeles Daily News
August 15, 2006 |
Affordable Units Won in Condo Conversion
Los Angeles Daily News
July 28, 2006 |
Condo Upsurge Triggers Backlash
Los Angeles Daily News
June 12, 2006 |
Condo Conversions Letter to Editor
Los Angeles Times
May 26, 2006 |
Condo Conversions Create Quandary
Los Angeles Business Journal
May 22, 2006 |
Condo Conversions Ousting Tenants
Los Angeles Daily News
April 30, 2006 |
L.A. Rent Increases Impacted by Condo Conversions
Los Angeles Daily News
March 30, 2006 |
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Housing Code Enforcement |
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Will Mayoral Candidate Wendy Greuel Turn Back Clock on Slum Housing Prevention?
LA Weekly
January 18, 2013 |
Apartment Building In Central Los Angeles Crawling With Bed Bugs
LA Weekly
August 6, 2010 |
Awful: Bed Bugs Infest Entire Building In Arlington Heights
LA Weekly
August 2, 2010 |
Tenants Win $10 Million From Slumlord
Daily Journal
March 5, 2008 |
Judge Sides With L.A.'s Subsidized Tenants
Los Angeles Times
September 11, 2007 |
Rent Control Loophole Closed
Los Angeles Times
May 23, 2007 |
Rent Control Loophole Closed
Los Angeles Daily News
May 23, 2007 |
Eviction Trial For Lincoln Place Tenants to Begin
Los Angeles Daily Journal
January 17, 2007 |
Slumlord Ordered to Halt Illegal Rent Hikes
Los Angeles Times
December 9, 2006 |
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Other Economic Survival Issues |
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US Braces for Thanksgiving 'Black Friday' Bedlam
RIA Novosti
November 10, 2012 |
As Black Friday Approaches, Strikes and Protests by Walmart Workers, Supporters Spread
Market Watch
November 20, 2012 |
Lobbying Effort Derails Plan For L.A. Tax On Real Estate Sales
Los Angeles Times
November 13, 2012 |
L.A. City Council OKs Another Boost In Parking Fines, Zoo Fees
Los Angeles Times
July 03, 2012 |
Swept Up In Parking Ticket Mania
Los Angeles Times
May 24, 2012 |
Renters Will Protest New Parking Ticket Fines Sought By Villaraigosa
Los Angeles Times
May 15, 2012 |
Parking Tickets In LA: Villaraigosa Proposes Raising Fines, Again, To Counter City Deficit
Huffington Post
May 08, 2012 |
Here's What You Could Be Paying For Street Cleaning Tickets
Curbed Los Angeles
May 08, 2012 |
L.A. Renters' Group Fights Villaraigosa's Bid To Hike Parking Fines
Los Angeles Times
May 08, 2012 |
Residents Fume As L.A. Looks To Jack Up Parking Ticket Fines
Los Angeles Times
May 08, 2012 |
DWP Charged Some Apartment Residents For City Trash Service They Never Received
Los Angeles Daily News
March 09, 2012 |
Los Angeles Housing Authority Names New CEO
EGPNews.com
March 08, 2012 |
Two LA Affordable Housing Fighters
The Tidings
January 18, 2008 |
CES Tenants' Rights Clinic - LA Weekly Best Of...
LA Weekly
October 8 - 14, 2004 |
Health Issues |
Landmark Lead Paint Law Slips by Unenforced
Los Angeles Daily Journal
September 12, 2008 |
Economic Survival |
Crisis Impacts Los Angelinos
La Opinión
February 09, 2012 |
Why 2012 Isn't Looking So Good for Renters
Mother Jones
January 10, 2012 |
Shrinking the Times
Los Angeles Times
February 3, 2009 |
Soaring Food Prices Taking Toll
Los Angeles Daily News
May 4, 2008 |
Evictions, High Rent Lead to Drop in School Enrollment
Los Angeles Times
June 11, 2006 |
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Rent Control |
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Greuel Trumpets Endorsement By Landlord Group
Los Angeles Times
February 21, 2013 |
THE SOULVINE - What A Shame
Los Angeles Wave
January 30, 2013 |
CES Victory on Landlord Online Rent Scheme May Have Been Won
Los Angeles Wave
January 04, 2012 |
Bottom Line: Tenants Defy Landlords' Order To Pay Rent Online (Updated)
Los Angeles Wave
December 02, 2011 |
Bottom Line: Inside The 'Jungle,' Tenants Are Lining Up To Fight Online Demand
Los Angeles Wave
November 30, 2011 |
Concerns Raised Over Firms Vying For Work On L.A. Redistricting
Los Angeles Times
November 22, 2011 |
Los Angeles City Council Raises Fees for Building Owners, Tenants
EGPNews.com
October 27, 2011 |
LA Panel Refuses to Support Tenants on Equal Code Fee Enforcement
CityWatch LA
October 13, 2011 |
City Councilman Homes in on L.A.'s Landlords
Los Angeles Business Journal
January 10, 2011 |
Floor At Center of Rent Dispute
Los Angeles Business Journal
October 11, 2010 |
L.A. council blocks rent freeze, triggering protests
Los Angeles Times
May 22, 2010 |
Three Month Rent Freeze Proposed
Park La Brea News/Beverly Press
May 13, 2010 |
City Council backs rent freeze in LA
Los Angeles Daily News
May 7, 2010 |
L.A. City Council Tentatively Approves Freezing Rent On Apartments
City News Service, Inc.
May 7, 2010 |
L.A. City Council narrowly agrees to consider four-month rent hike moratorium
Los Angeles Times
May 7, 2010 |
Committee urges rent freeze in LA
Los Angeles Daily News
May 5, 2010 |
Four-month freeze on apartment rents proposed by L.A. City Council committee
Los Angeles Times
May 5, 2010 |
Tenant Advocates Back One-Year Rent Freeze in Los Angeles
BeyondChron
May 4, 2010 |
L.A. Councilman Calls for One-Year Moratorium on Rent Hikes
Los Angeles Times
April 14, 2010 |
Alarcon: Stop Increases on Rent-Controlled Units for a Year
Los Angeles Daily News
April 14, 2010 |
LA Rent Control Study: Greater Burden for Tenants, Greater Profits for Landlords
CityWatch LA
October 23, 2009 |
Mobile Homes Could Lose Rent Control Protection
CityWatch LA
July 24, 2009 |
C.A. Upholds Local Rent Control Ordinance on New Units
Metropolitan News-Enterprise
April 20, 2009 |
Is Rent Control a Lifeline?
Los Angeles Times
January 14, 2007 |
Renters Don't Trust New City
Los Angeles Daily News
September 13, 2002 |
Proposition 98 |
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Prop. 98 Supporters Concede Defeat
Los Angeles Times
June 4, 2008
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Prop. 98 Doomed by Rent Control Provisions
Daily Journal
June 2, 2008 |
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Election Primary 2nd Act Set to Begin
Los Angeles Times
June 1, 2008
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Prop. 98's Agenda: No More Rent Control
The Tidings
May 30, 2008 |
Prop. 98 Eliminates Rent Control, Endangers Renters - Editorial
WeHoNews.com
May 26, 2008 |
Prop. 98, 99 Fight All About The Money
Sacramento Bee
May 19, 2008 |
Mad Props: Anger and Eminent Domain Rise For Propositions 98 and 99
Los Angeles Downtown News
May 1, 2008 |
Tenants Fear Loss of Rent Control
Los Angeles Daily News
April 24, 2008 |
Advocacy Groups Denounce Prop. 98
Pasadena Star News
April 24, 2008 |
California Fight to Save Rent Control - NYC Report
Tenant/Inquilino - Publication of the New York City Met Council on Housing
February, 2008 |
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Saving Rent Control - Letter to Editor
Los Angeles Daily News
February 5, 2008
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Ballot Measure Would Phase Out Rent Control Laws
Los Angeles Times
January 28, 2008
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Ballot Measure Could Wipe Out All Rent Control
Los Angeles Daily Journal
April 2, 2007 |
Beware of New Rent Control Threat
Los Angeles Daily News
November 28, 2006 |
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Section 8 & Subsidized Housing |
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L.A. Housing Authority Rife with Fiscal Mismanagement, Audit Finds
Los Angeles Times
November 09, 2012
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L.A. County To Stop Funding Extra High Desert Housing Investigators
Los Angeles Times
January 26, 2012
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Ousted L.A. Housing Authority chief leaves with $1.2 million
Los Angeles Times
December 04, 2011
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Appeals Court Sides With Tenants
Los Angeles Times
October 10, 2009
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Lancaster Proposes Limiting Section 8 Housing
Los Angeles Times
April 10, 2009 |
Hearing Exposes New Tactics Used by Foreclosure Scam Artists
Los Angeles Wave Newspaper
April 3, 2009 |
Tenants Help Bailout Banks that Evict Them
CityWatch LA
March 31, 2009 |
Low Income Section 8 Tenants Being Squeezed Out
Los Angeles Daily News
March 12, 2008 |
L.A. County Mismanages Section 8 Housing Program
Los Angeles Times
February 18, 2008 |
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L.A. Board of Supervisors OK Section 8 Cuts and Restrictions
Los Angeles Wave Newspapers
January 5, 2005
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Battle Wages Over Section 8 Law
Los Angeles City Beat
November 25, 2004 |
L.A. Plans to Reduce Rental Aid for the Poor
Los Angeles Times
April 6, 2004 |
Section 8 Housing Cuts Felt by Poor in Local Parishes
The Tidings
April 2, 2004 |
Rent Voucher Program is Threatened
Los Angeles Times
March 27, 2004 |
Housing Subcommittee Considers Section 8 Program
U.S. House of Representatives Housing Subcommittee
July 1, 2003 |
Deal Reached on Subsidized Housing Suit
Los Angeles Times
May 12, 2003 |
Ruling Extends Tenants' Rental Subsidies
Los Angeles Times
October 12, 2002 |
More Landlords Exit Low-Income Market
The Dallas Morning News
August 12, 2001 |
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Tenant Organizing |
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L.A. Housing Crisis Rally
The Tidings
January 11, 2008 |
L.A. Renters Strike Back - Op Ed
Los Angeles Times
May 23, 2007 |
West Coast Condo Conversion Convention Protest |
Angelenos Protest Condo Convention
Los Angeles Alternative
July 21, 2006 |
Condo Conference Draws Protest
Los Angeles Daily News
July 14, 2006 |
L.A. Condo Conversions Slowing
Los Angeles Times
July 14, 2006 |
Tensions Surround Condo Conversions
Daily Journal
July 12, 2006 |
Tenant Protest of Landlord at His UCLA Class |
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Tenants Protest UCLA Instructors Eviction Attempts
Los Angeles Times
May 18, 2007
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Tenants Protest Against UCLA Lecturer
Daily Bruin
May 16, 2007 |
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Tenants' Rights |
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Federal Judge Won't Budge, Throws Out Lawsuit Fighting L.A. Superior Court Consolidation
Los Angeles Daily News
March 21, 2013 |
LA Eviction Court Closures Prompt Federal Lawsuit
Law 360
March 15, 2013 |
Protesters Decry Planned Cuts At L.A. County Courts
Los Angeles Times
March 15, 2013 |
Superior Court Facing Lawsuit Over Courtroom Closures
Los Angeles Daily News
March 13, 2013 |
Tenants' Rights Group Offers Free Legal Advice
Los Angeles Wave
January 23, 2013 |
GRINCHES, ALL OF 'EM
Los Angeles Wave
January 03, 2013 |
Del Rey: Lieu Bill Prohibiting Mandatory Online Rental Payments Heads to Governor
The Argonaut
August 30, 2012 |
California Bill Would Ban Online-Only Rent Payment Requirement
Contra Costa Times
August 25, 2012 |
California Lawmakers OK Bill That Bars Requiring Online Rental Payments
Los Angeles Times
August 21, 2012 |
SENIOR POWER: Getting Online
The Berkeley Daily Planet
March 30, 2012 |
Del Rey: Lieu Bill Would Stop Landlords From Requiring Online Rental Payments
The Argonaut
March 22, 2012 |
Colleen Cason: Online-Only Rent Creates Digital Divide
Ventura County Star
March 10, 2012 |
Crenshaw Residents File Suit To Reserve The Right To Pay Rent Offline
Intersections South LA
March 07, 2012 |
Online-Only Rents Spur Tenant Suit
Los Angeles Daily News
March 07, 2012 |
L.A. Tenants Battle Landlord's Online-Only Rent Payment Rule
Los Angeles Times
March 07, 2012 |
Sen. Lieu introduces bill to block landlords from requiring tenants to pay rent only online
Asian Journal
February 22, 2012 |
Tenants Score Eviction Protection Victory
CityWatch LA
June 12, 2009 |
Tenants Fight Easier Evictions for Landlords
CityWatch LA
February 13, 2009 |
Governor Terminates Senior Renter Rebates
CityWatch LA
October 3, 2008 |
Governor Cuts Renters Tax Rebates
WeHoNews.com
September 29, 2008 |
Tenants' Rights Under New Attack in L.A.
CityWatch L.A.
July 11, 2008 |
Senior Renters Face Lack of Protection
San Gabriel Valley Tribune
June 2, 2008 |
State Bill Could Evict Tenants Who Smoke
Los Angeles Daily News
March 1, 2008 |
Slumlord Accused of Abusing Tenants
Los Angeles Daily News
June 15, 2006 |
Senior's Eviction Triggers Suit
Los Angeles Times
August 9, 2003 |
Rent Abuses Surge. Landlords have hiked prices 50% since 1995.
Los Angeles Daily News
March 1, 2003 |
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West Hollywood |
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More Local Groups Endorse Council Incumbents
West Hollywood Patch
February 08, 2013 |
Tenants' Rights Organization Endorses
WeHo News
February 07, 2013 |
Coalition for Economic Survival Endorses Prang, Duran
WeHo Ville
February 04, 2013 |
CES Opposes Term Limits Rent Control Threat
WeHo News
December 31, 2012 |
Evictions Over Smoking Specious
WeHo News
November 7, 2011 |
WeHo Celebrates 25 Years of Cityhood With Festival
Park LaBrea News/Beverly Press
April 15, 2010 |
Heilman Rolls Lucky 7th Term as WeHo Mayor
Park LaBrea News/Beverly Press
April 8, 2010 |
In West Hollywood, Change in the East End
Los Angeles Times
March 21, 2009 |
West Hollywood Rent Control Growing Pains
LA Weekly
November 26 - December 2, 2004 |
West Hollywood Celebrates 20th Year
Los Angeles Independent
November 23, 2004 |
West Hollywood Founding Fathers and Renters
LA Weekly
December 12 - 18, 2003 |
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