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The court decision Thursday is the latest in an ongoing fight over whether the L.A. region’s lead homeless services agency can access and direct federal dollars.
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Gov. Newsom and key legislators agree to extend statewide eviction ban through Sept. 30, to provide full back rent for tenants and landlords. The deal includes fixes to speed rent relief payments.
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The pilot project would help the unhoused resolve infractions and misdemeanors like vagrancy, vandalism, and drug possession, and direct them to counseling services.
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The agreement would extend the ban through September and help lower-income Californians pay overdue rent.
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The landlords named in the suit were investigated by LAist in a story that documented slum conditions and deaths at rental properties.
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The L.A. City Council passed rules that let tenants sue landlords who physically threaten them, refuse to accept rent or don't perform repairs.
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Councilmember Mike Bonin plans to send outreach workers to offer services to the approximately 200 unhoused residents in the area.
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Some organizations are helping by dropping off water.
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L.A. Councilman Mike Bonin says Sheriff Alex Villanueva's move was all for show.
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Councilman Mike Bonin accused Sheriff Alex Villanueva of exploiting the homelessness crisis for personal political gain and called the sheriff a roadblock to progress.
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In 2017, the city created a program designed to preserve affordable — but unpermitted — apartments by bringing them up to code. Four years later, only 39 units have been approved.
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Our analysis found unpermitted housing citations plummeted by more than two-thirds in 2020. Here’s what that meant for tenants in bootleg apartments.
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The saga of tenants at one dilapidated Mid-City housing complex is emblematic of a citywide problem that got worse during the pandemic.
