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Speakers representing tenant groups and neighborhood organizations, including members of ACE and Trust South LA, told the council that renters are struggling with rising housing costs, recent wildfires and immigration enforcement actions that have reduced household incomes. Many called the current allowable increases unaffordable and urged council members to place the LARSO proposal on a meeting agenda for formal consideration.

Jessica Melendez of Trust South LA said the city's recent disasters and enforcement actions have pushed low-income workers closer to eviction and homelessness. \"Without fair renter laws, LA will continue to see rising homelessness, overcrowding, and economic strain on working and middle class families,\" Melendez said during her one-minute public comment.

Multiple speakers urged a specific package of changes: index rent increases to 60% of the Consumer Price Index across all items, set a maximum 3% annual cap with no floor, prohibit rent-banking, and remove extra increases for utilities and additional occupants. Sofia Mendoza, identified as a member of ACE, said \"Indexing RSO increases to 60% CPI and creating a 3% hard cap on rent increases is essential to prevent thousands more people being pushed onto the streets of this city.\"

Speakers asked South Los Angeles councilmembers in particular to support agendizing the measure and repeatedly told the council they had collected petitions and held door-knocks to demonstrate community backing. One speaker said his group submitted more than 300 signed petitions asking for a 3% cap.

Council did not take a vote on the proposed LARSO changes during the meeting. Several councilmembers did make other procedural votes and continued some agenda items to later dates, but speakers and tenant advocates said they left seeking a clear commitment to schedule a hearing on an updated rent-stabilization ordinance.

Public comment lasted roughly 65 minutes before the council moved on to its regular agenda business; the clerk announced the session took 65 minutes of public testimony in the morning meeting. Speakers represented multiple neighborhoods and repeatedly connected rent affordability to the recent wave of federal immigration enforcement actions and to wildfire impacts.

Advocates asked the council to act quickly. \"It is very urgent that we get the rent cap to 3%,\" one tenant speaker told the council. The meeting record does not show a council vote on the LARSO package at this session.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Regular City Council - 8/6/25","oneSentenceSummary","Dozens of residents and tenant advocates used an hour-plus of public comment at the Los Angeles City Council to press for an updated rent-stabilization formula that would cap increases at 3%, eliminate rent banking and utility/occupant \"bumps,\" and to demand council action on a proposed LARSO update.","taxTitle","Los Angeles City, Los Angeles County, California","taxId",4025,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6587789,"Council OKs $2 million expansion of guaranteed basic income program for youth and survivors",366,2776000,3142000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5550367-1b194b1a1c2157f3a1e30611b2ce7592&start=2776&end=3142","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5550367-1b194b1a1c2157f3a1e30611b2ce7592/thumbnail_2776000.jpg","/articles/6587789/Los-Angeles-City/Los-Angeles-County/California/Council-OKs-2-million-expansion-of-guaranteed-basic-income-program-for-youth-and-survivors","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6587789-17a1badbd1c1eaccba1c786fa0be2d55/orig.mp4?Expires=1770503082&Signature=nSjkdrog1b2ADKwFlwlqgYgNC9d2D~jPQeaT59WGvrM7M6LLAI66cHtXMtr0X8gOoA7aqS40ma~L0lPB4Y-CnPz62JcmmZbOFhtvj72y~1G8NzVWjHeraeZRE5A8kLChLmDCNj4JN2qW442cFZ3yU1LGbwSQPJczX6iD92H20x94IYhsCVeaSp4ZQOkBn4zgNg8t7Frlt-B20uONAjcncJnOZntgmwRIfDchezcIls33Bvr2B0RvarAUVqJ9jhwQZwxPCfmp7OVTnY4dJ-L-LH1e6yaDcIC2BvuG9l6tJagvGftQRaNA4aJnwM54qp03HWUqQjplo2P5fIQ4BNjR6Q__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Los Angeles City Council voted unanimously to expand the city's guaranteed basic income pilot, approving a $2 million program that will provide $1,000 per month for two years to transitional-age youth and survivors of intimate partner violence.

The measure, discussed and introduced by Councilmember Curren Price and Councilmember Soto-Martinez, uses $1 million in discretionary funds from each office. Council records show the roll call recorded 14 ayes when the item was adopted.

The expansion builds on an earlier pilot that provided $1,000 a month to more than 3,000 residents, speakers said, and targets two groups that independent evaluators identified as among the most vulnerable and most likely to benefit. Councilmember Price said the original program \"reached over 3,000 individuals who were on the brink of homelessness.\" He asked colleagues for an \"aye\" vote to continue the work.

Councilmember Soto-Martinez said the new phase will pair direct payments with job training, noting the Hospitality Training Academy has a high placement rate among graduates. \"Families were able to put food on the table,\" Soto-Martinez said, and the payments gave some survivors of intimate partner violence the financial means to leave abusive situations.

City staff members from the Community Investment Families Department and others were acknowledged during the discussion for their roles in designing and evaluating the prior pilot. The motion's proponents said the payments are intended to reduce immediate financial instability while connecting recipients to training and employment services.

Formal details in the council record state the program will provide $1,000 per month for 24 months to qualifying transitional-age youth and survivors of intimate partner violence; $2 million in discretionary funding is committed, split between the two council offices sponsoring the motion. The vote was recorded as 14 ayes.

Councilmembers praised the pilot's previously reported outcomes, citing improved economic stability and reductions in what speakers described as neighborhood-level strain on public-safety resources. No ordinance or long-term budget appropriation was enacted at the meeting; the action authorized the expansion as described and requested implementation by city departments.

The council did not specify an exact start date for payments in the discussion. Staff were directed to continue work on implementation details and reporting to the council, and proponents said they expect additional program evaluation once payments begin.","The Los Angeles City Council voted unanimously to expand a local guaranteed basic income pilot, directing $2 million in discretionary funds to provide $1,000 per month for two years to transitional-age youth and survivors of intimate partner violence and pair payments with job training.","actionData","errors"]

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