Rebeca Sanchez

Los Angeles Tenants Union

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In 2021, LA passed a law to ban tenant harassment, which can be used to displace tenants from their rent controlled units. But the city has done little to enforce it.

Fires, floods, mold: Landlords use poor housing conditions to push out rent-controlled tenants

In 2021, LA passed a law to ban tenant harassment, which can be used to displace tenants from their rent controlled units. But the city has done little to enforce it.

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