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Panel advances temporary rent-freeze proposal for Los Angeles County amid wildfire recovery
Summary
Assemblymember Bridal presented AB 246 to a Judiciary Committee hearing as a temporary measure to pause rent increases in Los Angeles County after January wildfires, saying the freeze would protect displaced renters from price gouging.
Assemblymember Bridal (bill author) presented AB 246 as an emergency measure to stabilize rents across Los Angeles County following the Jan. 7 wildfires that destroyed homes and displaced thousands. With committee amendments, the measure would pause rent increases in Los Angeles County until March 1, 2026, as the author described it (committee amendments and language in the hearing referenced a one-year pause tied to the emergency period).
Supporters included displaced workers and nonprofit housing advocates. Cynthia Banning, who said she lost her job when a Palisades restaurant burned, described staff and community members now facing job loss and rising rents. Susie Shannon, policy director for Housing Is A Human Right and co-sponsor Coalition for…
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