A campaign to build housing on the site of the soon-to-be-shuttered airport is drawing pushback from opponents of new development.
After wildfires devastated the island, homelessness spiked. Advocates fear L.A. could face a similar fate without strong renter protections — and enforcement.
State law allows landlords to evict tenants without cause if they are doing major renovations. Rent controlled tenants say it can be abused to kick them...
Unenforceable laws and failed “affordable housing” policies show that public housing and tenant-controlled buildings must become the norm, say the founders of the Los Angeles Tenants...
The city could guarantee payment to lawyers who win cases for renters, as alleged abuses continue despite 2021 anti-harassment law.
A new study shows how the kinds of jobs held by undocumented women, as well as the states in which they live, drive pay disparities.
American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten says GOP has an “intentional strategy” to sow distrust of public schools.
LAUSD bus driver says their three-day strike is about both pay and working conditions.
Once divided by gentrification, an immigrant janitor and a millennial executive now count on each other as renters battling corporate landlords. They are members of the...
The city moved to regulate short-term rentals in 2018, but researchers say it will not issue fines.
Since January, the city has cleared nearly 600 encampments.
After suing to end eviction protections, an L.A. property owners association prepares for the day tenants attack.
As the city’s eviction moratorium expires, Los Angeles ponders action to keep longtime Chinatown residents in their home.
Hugo Soto-Martinez says he is seeking a way to undo the “no-vending zone” in his district.
To do so he must transcend an office bound to the status quo, say his predecessors.
Kenneth Mejia won with a progressive mandate, but Laura Chick says the controller’s office has been weakened by factors beyond its power.
The 2021 Tenant Anti-Harassment Ordinance lacks staff, money and will to enforce.
For some of California’s most vulnerable renters, a lack of internet access may lead to eviction.
In Chinatown, renters champion use of eminent domain to rekindle the fight for truly public housing.
The city's 'Right to Organize' ordinance requires landlords to recognize tenant associations in their buildings.