LOS ANGELES—A day after a bid to keep the city’s COVID-19 state of emergency in place until permanent tenant protections are implemented failed by one vote, some councilors are pressing their colleagues to move quickly to enact protections for renters who could face eviction after the end of the month.
Temporary tenant protections are set to expire on Jan. 31, with the end of the emergency. The council has voted twice to end the state of emergency at the end of the month, with two amendments seeking to extend it failing.
Four councilors joined tenant groups outside City Hall for a rally on Jan. 11 morning, laying out three protections they would like to see implemented before the emergency expires: Universal just cause to require a reason for evictions, relocation fees for rent increases of more than 10 percent, and a one-month grace period for rent before evictions….