Suit claims owner of eight-unit complex tried to force residents out days after purchase.
The Los Angeles city attorney’s office has sued the owner of an eight-unit apartment building, alleging he violated tenant protection laws by trying to force residents out shortly after buying the property.
City Attorney Hydee Feldstein Soto’s office filed the civil lawsuit under the city’s Tenant Anti-Harassment Ordinance and the state’s Unfair Competition Law. The complaint names Femi G. Olanipekun as the defendant…