Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass signed new tenant protections into law on Dec. 23 in the city’s Rent Stabilization Ordinance. Passed by the Los Angeles City Council in December, Bass approved the first update to the ordinance in nearly 40 years.
“No parent should have to choose between buying groceries or paying the rent, or live in fear of eviction because they have welcomed a child into their family,” Bass said. “In partnership with the City Council, we are enacting new tenant protections and capping the rent for apartment units protected under the city’s Rent Stabilization Ordinance. This new law protects renters while also streamlining processes and resources for housing providers so that more Angelenos can not only make the rent but live full and stable lives.”
Bass was joined for the signing by City Councilman Hugo Soto-Martinez, 13th District, and tenant rights leaders at Strategic Actions for a Just Economy, an economic justice organization that has served tens of thousands of Angelenos…