Empty Los Angelesemptylosangeles.hashnode.dev·Oct 10, 2024Death (of affordable housing) in VeniceOnce upon a time, Venice was affordable. Heck, when I was young it was on the cheaper side. Those days are long gone. But loss of affordable housing doesn't happen on its own. Beyond Baroque is currently hosting writer/activist/documentarian Judy Bra...Discussbeyond baroque
Empty Los Angelesemptylosangeles.hashnode.dev·May 1, 2024Open Letter to Councilmember Hugo Soto-Martinez(Image courtesy of Esotouric) Dear Councilmember Hugo Soto-Martinez, What in the hell is wrong with you? Seven desperately needed RSO units in YOUR district are empty (except for a feral cat colony), heavily vandalized, and blighted. The Ellis Act wa...Discusscity negligence
Empty Los Angelesemptylosangeles.hashnode.dev·Jan 11, 2024We Need Housing, Not More HotelsDid you know, dear readers, that there are over 1,000 hotels in Los Angeles? It's true. There are well over 100,000 hotel rooms in Los Angeles. That's quite a lot. We used to have quite a lot of naturally occurring affordable housing. Used to. One of...Discusshollywood
Empty Los Angelesemptylosangeles.hashnode.dev·Nov 30, 2023Barrington Plaza Update: The Landlord LiedHey, remember six months ago when I dissected a big corporate landlord's highly questionable use of the Ellis Act against nearly 600 renters? Yeah, there's more to the story. I pointed out, at the time, the paradox of owner Douglas Emmett Inc. Ellis ...DiscussSawtelle
Empty Los Angelesemptylosangeles.hashnode.dev·Nov 26, 2023Have No Faith: The City Doesn't Give a #$%! About RSO RentersThe good people at Silver Lake Heritage Trust are doing everything they can to protect ten badly needed RSO units perched above Sunset Boulevard. The Stires Staircase Bungalow Court, like other bungalow courts still standing today (there used to be f...DiscussEcho Park
Empty Los Angelesemptylosangeles.hashnode.dev·Oct 11, 2023Two Homes Empty Since 2017It breaks my heart to see a perfectly lovely home sit empty for years - even more so when two houses on the same lot are sitting empty. 2749 W. 8th Street was built in 1907, with a back house (numbered 2745) added in 1921. In those days, Westlake was...DiscussWestlake
Empty Los Angelesemptylosangeles.hashnode.dev·Sep 7, 2023Ellis Act Stories, Chapter 2: Three Buildings on Sunset BoulevardEast Hollywood has been gentrifying for years - so much so that one of the local rags has been trying to make "EaHo" a thing. Cringe-inducing nicknames aside, gentrification can attract real estate speculators who think absolutely nothing of displaci...DiscussEllis Act
Empty Los Angelesemptylosangeles.hashnode.dev·Sep 6, 2023Ellis Act Stories, Chapter 1: KevinIn theory, the Ellis Act is supposed to allow landlords to exit the rental business. In practice, it opens the door to hold badly needed rental units vacant for years (this is in fact an Ellis Act REQUIREMENT), displaces vulnerable renters, and is al...DiscussEllis Act
Empty Los Angelesemptylosangeles.hashnode.dev·Sep 3, 2023We Need To Talk About the Ellis ActIn theory, the Ellis Act allows small landlords to exit the rental business. In practice, it's not that simple, and it's abused far too often. It's used with increasingly alarming frequency. Case in point: according to Wehoville, the Ellis Act enable...DiscussEllis Act
Empty Los Angelesemptylosangeles.hashnode.dev·May 27, 2023Eight Floors Empty for Three Years: Barrington Plaza (Updated 6/12/23)Picture, if you will, the largest privately developed apartment complex west of Chicago. Three towers housing 712 units stand tall above a desirable West LA neighborhood. At the time of its construction, the complex won an award from the National Ass...DiscussEllis Act
