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Landlords Charged With Voter Intimidation With Rent Increase Threats to Tenants if Prop 10 Passes
A Los Angeles-area landlord is telling tenants that the company will cancel a new rent increase if a California rent control ballot measure fails in November, according to a letter obtained by a ...
California Assembly Slams Door on Increasing Tenants’ Rights
Two bills to provide Just Cause and added Ellis Act eviction protections went down to defeat recently with many Democrats joining with all the Republicans in the state Assembly. AB 2925, was intr...
https://blog.cesinaction.org/2018/06/05/california-assembly-slams-door-on-increasing-tenants-rights/
California League of Cities Thanks CES for Its Work to Defeat SB 827 (Wiener)
Larry, Thank you and the Coalition for Economic Survival for your leadership and strong engagement in the effort to stop SB 827 this session. By working together and with other organizations, we ...
Controversial Housing Bill, SB 827 (Wiener), Goes Down to Defeat!
A controversial state senate bill that aimed to increase housing near public transit throughout the state will not move forward this year after it failed to get out of committee on Tuesday. SB 82...
Wiener’s Senate Bill Will Lead to More Displacement and Loss of Affordable Housing
by LARRY GROSS HOUSING CRISIS MADE WORSE – We all agree that we need to build more housing, particularly affordable housing near transit, but SB 827 introduced by Senator Scott Wiener (SF-D) is...
Trump 2019 Budget Slashes Aid for Families Struggling to Pay Rent
by DOUGLAS RICE, Senior Policy Analyst, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities At a time when a historically high number of low-income households are struggling to pay rent and make ends meet, Pr...
The Coalition For Economic Survival (CES) urges a NO vote on Measure S, on the March 7, 2017 Los Angeles City ballot
CES believes Measure S threatens to delay or stop projects that would otherwise provide affordable housing, and housing for homeless people. Measure S puts a two-year moratorium on development p...
Affordable Housing Shortage Needs Long-Term Solution
Tuesday, January 5, 2017 – by BILL BOYARSKY The growing shortage of affordable rental housing in Los Angeles is reaching crisis proportions among a group too often ignored — poor, elderly Jew...
https://blog.cesinaction.org/2017/01/05/affordable-housing-shortage-needs-long-term-solution/
Coalition for Economic Survival Calls for Restricting Airbnb in Rent Controlled Buildings in LA Times Article
Monday, January 3, 2017 From Immigration to Short-Term Housing to Street Vendors, L.A. City Hall Faces a Heavy Agenda by Dakota Smith Airbnb rules The City Council is expected to finally pass a l...
CES Tenant Victory As Los Angeles City Council Gives Final Approval to Tenant Buyout Protection Law
On December 14, 2016, the Los Angeles City Council voted unanimously to adopt the Tenant Buyout Protection Ordinance. This was a culmination of months of effort by the Coalition for Economic Surv...
Coalition for Economic Survival Blasts Appointment of Ben Carson as HUD Secretary
The Coalition for Economic Survival (CES) has expressed deep concern and outrage at President-Elect Donald Trump’s selection of Ben Carson to be the new Secretary of the Department of Housing a...
CES Testifies in Support of Tenant Protection Buyout Program Proposal
In response the growing tactic of unscrupulous landlords attempting to coerce tenants living in rent controlled units to move by offering them “cash for keys,” the Los Angeles City Council Ho...
Hundreds March in Support of Justice for Grocery Workers Results in Victory
UPDATE: On August 10, 2016, grocery workers across Central and Southern California approved a contract with the companies which own Ralphs, Vons, and Albertsons Stores. The contract contains rais...
https://blog.cesinaction.org/2016/08/03/hundreds-march-in-support-of-justice-for-grocery-workers/
Another Tenant Victory as LA’s Foreclosure Eviction Ordinance is Extended
With a unanimous 13-0 vote the Los Angeles City Council voted to extend the City’s Foreclosure Eviction Ordinance to protect tenants living in rental properties not subject to the City’s Rent...
CES Exec Dir Larry Gross on KCRW’s “Which Way LA?” on LA’s Earthquake Retrofit Mandate & Rents
Landlords, Tenants and Earthquake Safety – KCRW 89.9 FM – “Which Way LA?” With Warren Olney – Aired on October 7, 2015 When San Francisco apartment house owners retrofit their buildings...
Why L.A. Tenants Will Get Stuck With Rent Hikes for Quake Retrofitting
By Dennis Romero – Wednesday., September 23, 201 We need to address the threat of earthquake,” says Larry Gross, executive director of the renters rights group Coalition for Economic Survival...
KNX 1070 NewsRadio Report: Who Should Pay for Earthquake Retrofitting — Tenants or Landlords?
Reporting by: David J. Singer, KNX 1070 0n Thursday, September 17, 2015 LOS ANGELES (CBS) — The Los Angeles City Council Housing Committee considered a Housing and Community Development Departm...
KPCC AirTalk Radio Debate on Who Should Pay for Earthquake Retrofitting With CES Executive Director Larry Gross
A new proposal at L.A. City Hall says the cost of retrofitting buildings vulnerable to earthquakes should be a shared financial burden of tenants and property owners. According to an L.A. Times a...
Tenants Protest Ellis Act Evictions by Affordable Housing State Official
Matthew Jacobs is the Chair of the California Housing Finance Agency, a state agency with a mission to support the needs of renters and home-buyers by providing financing and programs that create...
Ellis Act Evictions in L.A. on the Rise – Report on 89.3 KPCC-FM
by Leo Duran – Friday, April 24, 2015 Evictions in Los Angeles through the Ellis Act rose 235 percent, according to recent figures from the LA Housing and Community Investment Department. Landl...