Gamero v. Haim
Gamero v. Haim is a case brought against a landlord for a massive rent-collection scheme designed to avoid the requirements of the Los Angeles Rent Stabilization Ordinance. Download the complaint here:
Zuleta v. Housing and Community Investment Department, et al.
Los Angeles permits landlords of rent-stabilized properties to apply to increase rent above the maximum permitted by rent stabilization if they are not receiving a just and reasonable return on their investment. The City’s method for determining whether landlords are receiving a fair return is deeply flawed. LACCLA recently brought both a facial and an […]
Pour v. City of Los Angeles
In 2017, the City of Los Angeles entered into a settlement agreement with a landlord to exempt a 38-unit rental property from the Los Angeles Rent Stabilization Ordinance. A few months later, tenants at the property began receiving big rent increases. Some of these tenants have lived at the property since the 80s, and were […]
Harris v. Altman Apartments, LLC
Theresa Harris was a tenant in Boyle Heights in the summer of 2016. Her landlord forced her to move from apartment to apartment in the same building every 28 days, in an attempt to avoid the requirements of the Los Angeles Rent Stabilization Ordinance (“LARSO”). Then, when Ms. Harris refused to participate any longer in […]
Baltazar v. Winstar, Inc., et al.
Winstar, Inc., one of the biggest property managers in Los Angeles County, increased the rent by 63% for 7 of 8 units at a building in unincorporated East Los Angeles. Some of the tenants refused to accept the increase, claiming that it was unreasonable in light of the rental market in the surrounding neighborhood. The tenants […]