Liam Dillon
Los Angeles Times
Sacramento, CA, United States
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California lawmakers vote to ban mandatory evictions for arrested tenants
California legislators vote to ban laws that force landlords to evict tenants based on criminal histories. Such policies can disproportionately affect Black and Latino renters. → Read More
Over 40,000 eviction notices have gone out in L.A. this year, many to upscale apartments
As L.A. deals with a housing crisis, new data show how the threat of eviction affects not only poor communities but middle- and high-income ones too. → Read More
'Selling Sunset's' Tarek and Heater El Moussa evicting rent-controlled tenants
Reality television personalities Tarek and Heather El Moussa are evicting rent-controlled tenants to build new apartments. Tenants say they're owed more because their landlord committed arson. → Read More
L.A. developer Akhilesh Jha's apartment building campaign
L.A. developer Akhilesh Jha is pushing the envelope in proposing to tear down single-family homes and build apartments using new provisions in state law. → Read More
Ousted Skid Row receiver hosted fundraiser for L.A. city attorney's campaign
Months before City Atty. Hydee Feldstein Soto recommended Mark Adams for the equivalent of an open-ended, no-bid contract to oversee 1,500 Skid Row tenants, Adams hosted a fundraiser for her campaign. → Read More
Los Angeles Skid Row receiver resigns
Mark Adams, the receiver responsible for overseeing 1,500 tenants in Skid Row, resigned Thursday after a turbulent three-month tenure. → Read More
Judge's temporary rescue for Skid Row Housing Trust tenants
After a testy hearing, a Los Angeles Superior Court authorized a new loan to stave off insolvency for the receiver overseeing the repair of 29 dilapidated buildings and approved the removal of seven buildings from the receivership. → Read More
Skid Row receivership in danger of financial collapse, leaving 1,500 tenants at risk
The receivership overseeing 1,500 tenants in Skid Row is on the verge of failing unless a L.A. Superior Court judge acts quickly, receiver Mark Adams said in court filings. → Read More
String of eviction notices leads to growing concerns about Skid Row receiver
Tenants at Skid Row Housing Trust buildings were issued eviction notices that the city attorney's office deemed illegal. The receiver overseeing the properties has rescinded them. → Read More
Cruel World music festival at Rose Bowl halted due to severe weather
The Cruel World Festival at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena was halted after a strong storm system was forecast to move through Saturday night. → Read More
Newsom unveils sweeping plan to speed up California infrastructure projects
Gov. Newsom's infrastructure plan could shorten construction of bridges, broadband, water projects and highway maintenance by three years and save the state millions of dollars. → Read More
Evictions, homelessness, debt: Skid Row Housing Trust receiver has checkered history
Mark Adams is overseeing the welfare of 1,500 tenants in Skid Row. In prior cases involving Adams, tenants faced the risk of eviction and property owners lost their houses. → Read More
Unseasonable rain, cooler temperatures in forecast for Los Angeles this week
Rain is once again in the forecast for Los Angeles this week as a slow-moving storm should linger through Thursday, according to the National Weather Service. → Read More
Woman whose decomposing body was found in a Carson field is identified
L.A. County coroner's officials have identified a woman's body found decomposing near railroad tracks in Carson. → Read More
Yosemite Valley reopens Sunday ahead of schedule
With flooding that is less than expected, park officials reopened Yosemite Valley on Sunday ahead of schedule but with limited services. → Read More
Coronado is a flagrant violator of California affordable housing law
Coronado officials have thumbed their noses at Gov. Gavin Newsom and state regulators, calling the process “central planning at its worst” and assuring residents that it will be years before the state cracks down. → Read More
'Gimme Shelter': Who's watching California's mobile home parks
Mobile home parks are among the most affordable places to live in California. But oversight has left many residents at risk of living in horrible conditions. → Read More
Inside the financial ties between a controversial housing nonprofit and Kevin de León
As an incoming L.A. city council member in 2020, Kevin de León requested a meeting with city officials about their oversight of residential hotels owned by the AIDS Healthcare Foundation. But he didn't tell the city the foundation was paying him, officials say. → Read More
Mandatory evictions for arrested tenants would be banned under new state bill
Assemblymember Tina McKinnor (D-Inglewood) wants to ban strict "crime-free housing" laws. A Times investigation found those laws disproportionately affect Black and Latino renters. → Read More
Two people shot, one fatally, at South L.A. restaurant
Two people were shot and one was killed following a Wednesday afternoon shooting at a restaurant in South Los Angeles. → Read More