Where does your council member stand?

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Where does your Councilmember Stand?

In Los Angeles there are 15 City Council Districts. We know that we can’t count on certain council members to represent the interests of their constituent tenants. And we know there are others that we can count on to value Housing for Residents, not Investments.

LA Council District Map with Landlord Lackeys in Dark Gray, and Movable Middle in Light Gray

The Landlord Lackeys

John Lee, CD12

voted to make RSO rent increases as high as 9% in 2024 and against extending the Covid Rent Freeze. He is accused of ethics violations and his former boss, former Councilmember Mitch Englander, was recently sentenced to prison for corruption.

Traci Park, CD11

has taken hundreds of thousands of dollars from Douglas-Emmett, a landlord currently carrying out one of the largest mass evictions in LA history, at Barrington Plaza.

Monica Rodriguez, CD7

voted with Lee to make RSO rent increases as high as 9% in 2024 and voted against extending the Covid Rent Freeze. Supported by the Apartment Association of Greater Los Angeles (AAGLA) Candidate PAC, California Real Estate PAC (CREPAC), and the Building Owners and Managers Association of Greater L.A. PAC.

LA Council District Map with Tenant Defenders in Red, and Movable Middle in Light Gray

The Tenant Defenders

Hugo Soto-Martinez, CD13

CM Hugo Soto-Martínez’ motioned to extend the eviction moratorium, and initiated the 2024 revision of the RSO. His office has been spending discretionary funds to directly canvass tenants being threatened with evictions and host local tenants rights workshops.

Eunisses Hernandez, CD1

CM Hernandez, in conjunction with CM Soto-Martínez, moved twice to block rent increases on rent stabilized units until the RSO is permanently reformed. She recently presented a motion with CMs Raman and Soto-Martínez, to prevent landlords from evicting the 7000+ tenants with unprocessed rent assistance applications.

Nithya Raman, CD4

As chair of the Council’s Housing & Homelessness committee, CM Raman led the successful passage of a package of tenant protections, established minimum rent debt for eviction, required landlords to pay relocation fees for tenant displacement, and established universal “just cause” eviction protections.

And Coming Soon: Ysabel Jurado, CD-14!

We’ve endorsed Ysabel Jurado for CD14 in 2024 because she is a tenants rights attorney, and affordable housing activist who will help us secure the rights we need!

Importantly, the Tenant Defenders are a united voting block. Hugo, Eunisses, and Nithya are the only councilmembers who did all of the following:

Acted to prevent evictions for the 7,000+ tenants with pending rental assistance applications.
Voted twice to block all rent increases on RSO units until the RSO formula is permanently revised this year.
Voted to allow councilmembers to spend unused LAPD discretionary funds on homelessness prevention and outreach.
Support every provision of Jan 2023’s package of expanded tenant protections.
Voted twice to extend the eviction moratorium beyond its Feb 1, 2023 deadline.

The Movable Middle Ground

These council members might vote either way, so it’s especially important that they hear from tenants in their districts! Is your council rep a swing vote?