CES IN THE NEWS Affordable Housing & Displacement Housing Code Enforcement Miscellaneous Rent Control Section 8 Tenant Organizing Tenants' Rights West Hollywood Former Los Angeles Mayor Jim Hahn joins CES at a news conference to oppose San Fernando Valley and Hollywood secession alerting voters to the extreme danger secession presents to rent control, tenants' rights and affordable housing if secession was approved. 1) CES tenant leader Reyna Gonzales being recognized by Los Angeles City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo for her involvement and courage in bringing her building up to code. 2) CES tenant leader being interviewed during a healthy homes event. CES Executive Director Larry Gross joins with L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, L.A. City Council President Eric Garcetti and representatives from AARP and the League of California Cities on the steps of L.A. City Hall to denounce Proposition 98, a statewide measure on the June 2008 ballot that would have wiped out rent control and tenants' rights in California.

Affordable Housing & Displacement   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 Tenants Persist: Save Homes CityWatch LA March 24, 2009 Big Time Lobbyist Loses: City Rejects Panorama City Condo Conversion CityWatch LA March 13, 2009 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 Back to Top Housing Code Enforcement   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 Back to Top Miscellaneous   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 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 Back to Top Rent Control   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 L.A. City Helping Tenants of Foreclosed Properties (Video) Los Angeles Fox 11 News December 17, 2008 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 Prop. 98 Supporters Concede Defeat Los Angeles Times June 4, 2008 Prop. 98 Doomed by Rent Control Provisions Daily Journal June 2, 2008 Election Primary 2nd Act Set to Begin Los Angeles Times June 1, 2008 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 Saving Rent Control - Letter to Editor Los Angeles Daily News February 5, 2008 Ballot Measure Would Phase Out Rent Control Laws Los Angeles Times January 28, 2008 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 Back to Top Section 8 & Subsidized Housing   Appeals Court Sides With Tenants Los Angeles Times October 10, 2009 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 L.A. Board of Supervisors OK Section 8 Cuts and Restrictions Los Angeles Wave Newspapers January 5, 2005 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 Back to Top Tenant Organizing   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 Tenants Protest UCLA Instructors Eviction Attempts Los Angeles Times May 18, 2007 Tenants Protest Against UCLA Lecturer Daily Bruin May 16, 2007 Back to Top Tenants' Rights   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 Back to Top West Hollywood   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 Back to Top

CES IN THE NEWS Affordable Housing & Displacement Housing Code Enforcement Miscellaneous Rent Control Section 8 Tenant Organizing Tenants' Rights West Hollywood Former Los Angeles Mayor Jim Hahn joins CES at a news conference to oppose San Fernando Valley and Hollywood secession alerting voters to the extreme danger secession presents to rent control, tenants' rights and affordable housing if secession was approved. 1) CES tenant leader Reyna Gonzales being recognized by Los Angeles City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo for her involvement and courage in bringing her building up to code. 2) CES tenant leader being interviewed during a healthy homes event. CES Executive Director Larry Gross joins with L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, L.A. City Council President Eric Garcetti and representatives from AARP and the League of California Cities on the steps of L.A. City Hall to denounce Proposition 98, a statewide measure on the June 2008 ballot that would have wiped out rent control and tenants' rights in California.

Affordable Housing & Displacement   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 Tenants Persist: Save Homes CityWatch LA March 24, 2009 Big Time Lobbyist Loses: City Rejects Panorama City Condo Conversion CityWatch LA March 13, 2009 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 Back to Top Housing Code Enforcement   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 Back to Top Miscellaneous   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 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 Back to Top Rent Control   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 L.A. City Helping Tenants of Foreclosed Properties (Video) Los Angeles Fox 11 News December 17, 2008 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 Prop. 98 Supporters Concede Defeat Los Angeles Times June 4, 2008 Prop. 98 Doomed by Rent Control Provisions Daily Journal June 2, 2008 Election Primary 2nd Act Set to Begin Los Angeles Times June 1, 2008 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 Saving Rent Control - Letter to Editor Los Angeles Daily News February 5, 2008 Ballot Measure Would Phase Out Rent Control Laws Los Angeles Times January 28, 2008 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 Back to Top Section 8 & Subsidized Housing   Appeals Court Sides With Tenants Los Angeles Times October 10, 2009 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 L.A. Board of Supervisors OK Section 8 Cuts and Restrictions Los Angeles Wave Newspapers January 5, 2005 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 Back to Top Tenant Organizing   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 Tenants Protest UCLA Instructors Eviction Attempts Los Angeles Times May 18, 2007 Tenants Protest Against UCLA Lecturer Daily Bruin May 16, 2007 Back to Top Tenants' Rights   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 Back to Top West Hollywood   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 Back to Top