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Council delays vote on interim ordinance to pause 'renoviction' evictions
Summary
Los Angeles City Council continued action on a draft interim control ordinance that would temporarily pause evictions tied to substantial remodels, after public commenters and members pressed to extend protections to ongoing cases and to lengthen the ordinance window.
LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles City Council on March 6 continued consideration of a draft interim control ordinance intended to temporarily pause evictions tied to substantial remodels — a tactic tenants and advocates call "renovictions" — and directed staff to return with amendments at a continued hearing on Friday, March 7.
The ordinance, listed as agenda item 20, was the subject of multiple public comments urging the council to extend protections to tenants already facing eviction and to lengthen the proposed window of effect while a permanent ordinance is developed.
Chelsea Kirk, policy director at Sage, told the council the draft ICO should be amended to apply to existing cases. "I've been organizing with a group of tenants who've been fighting fraudulent renovictions for over…
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