LOS ANGELES—The Los Angeles City Council is urging the state to pass legislation that would require homeowners to own a property for at least five years before they can invoke the Ellis Act—a state law that allows homeowners to evict tenants and take their properties off the rental market.
On April 26, the city councilors unanimously passed a resolution to support Assembly Bill 2050, which would impose a five-year ownership requirement for landlords before they are allowed to evict their tenants and take their property off the rental market under the 1985 Ellis Act.
Assembly Bill 2050 was introduced on March 17 by state Assemblymembers Alex Lee (D-San Jose) and Wendy Carrillo (D-Los Angeles) after Assembly Bill 854, a similar bill they previously introduced, was defeated in February.
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