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Tenants press council to update LA rent‑control formula; council took public comment but no vote
Summary
Dozens of tenants and tenant organizers urged the City Council to revise the Los Angeles Rent Stabilization Ordinance formula during public comment, calling for a 3% cap or 60% of CPI and removal of utility and occupancy add‑ons. Council did not take substantive action on LARSO at the meeting.
Dozens of tenants, organizers and advocates crowded the Los Angeles City Council public‑comment period Wednesday to urge an update to the Los Angeles Rent Stabilization Ordinance (LARSO), arguing current allowable annual increases are too high and are driving evictions and displacement.
Speakers representing Keep LA Housed, ACE and local tenant groups delivered petitions and told the council they seek a LARSO formula that caps annual increases at 3% or at 60% of the Consumer Price Index with no minimum increase, and that removes extra permitted increases for…
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