LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles City Council has given initial approval to an ordinance aimed at outlawing “vanlording,” the practice of leasing recreational vehicles to unhoused residents on public streets – a phenomenon long visible in Venice and increasingly across the San Fernando Valley.
The measure, introduced by Councilmember Traci Park in 2023, amends city law to explicitly prohibit leasing or renting RVs for residential use in the public right-of-way. The Council voted 13-0 on Sept. 17 to adopt the Public Works Committee report, which recommended amending the city code to add RVs to the list of vehicles that cannot be rented, leased or sold in the public right-of-way.
“This is going to be a really important tool in helping us address that ongoing crisis,” Park said. “It closes a gap in our city’s laws that’s going to have a huge impact on quality of life here. It will prohibit people from leasing those vehicles using our city streets for residential purposes.”…