On Tuesday, November 14th, L.A. City Council voted to allow landlords to raise the rent in RSO units 4%, plus an additional 1% if the landlord pays for gas and an additional 1% if they pay for electricity. This increase is allowed starting February 1, 2024.
City Council considered an amendment to extend the rent freeze; only Hugo Soto-Martinez, Eunisses Hernandez, and Nithya Raman voted yes.
On Tuesday Nov. 14, City Council will vote on whether to pass a motion allowing landlords to raise the rent 4-6% on February 1st, 2024, or keep in place the current plan to allow them to raise the rent 7-9%.
WE DEMAND 0%!
City Council Meeting
Tuesday, November 14th, 10am
JOHN FERRARO COUNCIL CHAMBER
ROOM 340, CITY HALL
200 NORTH SPRING STREET
LOS ANGELES, CA 90012
We’ve heard these councilmembers may be swing votes, so you can also call and email them:
CD 6: Imelda Padilla, Councilmember.Padilla@lacity.org
(213) 473-7006
CD 8: Marqueece Harris-Dawson, Councilmember.Harris-Dawson@lacity.org
(213) 473-7008
CD 10: Heather Hutt, cd10@lacity.org
(213) 473-7010
CD 15: Tim McOsker, Councilmember.McOsker@lacity.org
(213) 473-7015
Tomorrow, during the meeting, City Council will take public comment in the Council chamber and also by phone. If you can’t show up in person, call 1 669 254 5252 and use Meeting ID No. 160 535 8466 and then press #. Press # again when prompted for participant ID. Once admitted into the meeting, press *9 to request to speak. If you want to demand a rent freeze, it’s item (37), motion 20-0407-S1.
Then, whatever happens, join our march on DECEMBER 3.
November 1:
LA city councilmembers refuse to extend rent freeze, will allow 6% hikes
Read Jack Ross’s story in the L.A. Public Press here.
On November 1, the Housing and Homelessness Committee was supposed to vote on a motion to extend the rent freeze by 6 months. Instead, Bob Blumenfield introduced an amendment to allow landlords to raise the rent 4-6% on February 1. Marqueece Harris-Dawson seconded the amenment. Nithya Raman chose to bring the rent increase version rather than the rent freeze version to a vote. It passed. Now it goes to full City Council for a vote. We don’t have a date for that yet.
Tenants who lost their jobs during the pandemic are still paying off their rent debt. Months of righteous strikes have cut into hotel and entertainment workers’ incomes. At a time when 5,000 evictions are filed each month, ANY RENT INCREASE IS UNACCEPTABLE. THE RENT IS TOO DAMN HIGH. WE DEMAND 0%.
We call on all tenants across the city to join us in the streets on SUNDAY DECEMBER 3 to demand FREEZE THE RENT, STOP THE EVICTIONS, and INVESTIGATE THE LA HOUSING DEPARTMENT.
1 de noviembre:
Los concejales de Los Ángeles rechazan prorrogar la congelación de las rentas y permitirán subidas del 6%
Lea el reportaje de Jack Ross en L.A. Public Press aquí.
El 1 de noviembre, el Comité de Vivienda y Personas sin Hogar debía votar una moción para prorrogar 6 meses la congelación de las rentas. En su lugar, Bob Blumenfield introdujo una enmienda para permitir a los propietarios subir la renta entre un 4% y un 6% el 1 de febrero. Marqueece Harris-Dawson apoyó la enmienda. Nithya Raman optó por someter a votación la versión del aumento de las rentas en lugar de la versión de la congelación de las rentas. Se aprobó. Ahora pasa al pleno del Consejo Municipal para su votación. Todavía no tenemos fecha para ello.
Los inquilinos que perdieron su trabajo durante la pandemia siguen pagando su deuda de renta. Meses de huelgas justas han mermado los ingresos de los trabajadores de la hostelería y el ocio. En un momento en que se registran 5.000 desalojos al mes, CUALQUIER AUMENTO DE LA RENTA ES INACEPTABLE. LA RENTA ESTÁ DEMASIADO ALTA. EXIGIMOS EL 0%.
Hacemos un llamamiento a todos los inquilinos de la ciudad para que se unan a nosotros en las calles el DOMINGO 3 DE DICIEMBRE para exigir QUE SE CONGELEN LAS RENTAS, SE DETENGAN LOS DESALOJOS Y SE INVESTIGUE AL DEPARTAMENTO DE VIVIENDA DE LA CIUDAD.