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Council approves housing code enforcement reorganization amid staffing and funding concerns
Summary
The council voted to move systematic multifamily code enforcement into the Housing Department and to allocate positions, while members warned the program needs funding and staffing (about 18 more inspectors) and a Supreme Court challenge could force major repayments.
The Los Angeles City Council approved a reorganization to move systematic code enforcement for multifamily housing into the Housing Department and to allocate additional inspector positions, but members and housing staff acknowledged key funding and legal uncertainties.
Housing staff described the change as an effort to combine rent-stabilization and code-enforcement efforts and to free inspectors for field time by adding clerical support. The department said the systematic…
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