Amid concerns over whether such a move would hold up in court, the L.A. City Council voted down a stricter eviction moratorium Wednesday.
“You are asking us to house people for free, without a safety net for ourselves,” she said.
The city attorney’s office wrote in its memo that eliminating all rents would violate the law and require the city to compensate landlords, which “could exceed one billion dollars.”The council voted Wednesday to back a resolution urging the state and federal government to take action to relieve people from having to pay rent or mortgages during the coronavirus emergency, including a recent bill sponsored by U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar .
Bonin and Ryu also pushed Wednesday to halt rent increases in all apartments and other residential rentals in the city. Mayor Eric Garcetti already moved last month to If the city pushed forward anyway, Michaelson wrote that the move would “likely be enjoined by a court through a temporary restraining order.”The council rejected that move in a 7-to-6 vote, but council members did vote in favor of extending the freeze on rent hikes in rent stabilized units, ensuring that it lasted for nearly a year after L.A.'s emergency order was lifted.
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