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LA COUNTY - THREE MONTH RENT HOLIDAY
TUESDAY: L.A. County Considers Countywide Eviction Restriction
By Janet M. Gagnon
Chief Corporate Affairs Officer & SVP Government Affairs
Apartment Association of Greater Los Angeles
On February 10th, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors will vote on a motion by Supervisor Lindsey Horvath instructing the County Counsel to draft a resolution creating a COUNTYWIDE monetary eviction threshold equal to THREE (3) month’s Fair Market Rent (FMR) (as determined by the U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Department). This new restriction would prevent property owners from initiating an eviction proceeding until this new threshold has been met (Agenda Item 20).
We urge ALL rental housing providers throughout Los Angeles County to immediately email the full Board of Supervisors requesting that they reject Agenda Item 20. The motion would put the County and rental housing providers in serious legal jeopardy based on existing tenant anti-harassment ordinances and there is no data to support it. Instead, the Board should allow last week’s motion by Chair Solis and Supervisor Hahn to become effective and collect data on it's impacts before considering spreading a monetary eviction threshold across 88 incorporated cities overriding existing City Councils and increasing it to 3 months’ worth of FMR.
Please send written comments on the record at this link.
Request to Address the Board of Supervisors
Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors
1. Los Angeles County Supervisor Hilda L. Solis, 1st District.
o Email: FirstDistrict@bos.lacounty.gov
o Phone: (213) 974-4111
2. Los Angeles County Supervisor Holly J. Mitchell, 2nd District.
o Email: HollyJMitchell@bos.lacounty.gov
o Phone: (213) 974-2222
3. Los Angeles County Supervisor Lindsey P. Horvath 3rd District.
o Email: ThirdDistrict@bos.lacounty.gov
o Phone: (213) 974-3333
4. Los Angeles County Supervisor Janice Hahn 4th District.
o Email: FourthDistrict@bos.lacounty.gov
o Phone: 213-974-4444
5. Los Angeles County Supervisor Kathryn Barger 5th District.
o Email: Kathryn@bos.lacounty.gov
o Phone: (213) 974-5555
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