The Los Angeles City Council adopted an ordinance Feb. 7 requiring landlords to pay relocation assistance to tenants in Los Angeles who move out following certain rent increases.
Under the city ordinance, if a landlord increases rent by more than 10 percent or the Consumer Price Index plus 5 percent, the landlord must pay the tenant three times the fair market rent for relocation assistance, plus $1,411 in moving costs.
The ordinance—which the council preliminarily approved last week—is the final part of a package of eviction restrictions the council sought to implement after it voted to end the local state of emergency due to COVID-19 at the end of January. The ordinance contains an urgency clause, but will not move forward immediately because two councilors—John Lee and Traci Park—dissented in the 10–2 vote….