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This story is about LATU member Wendy Lopez, who spoke at our rally to demand that Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors enact a rent freeze and eviction moratorium. So far Lindsey P. Horvath and the other supervisors have refused to do anything to protect tenants like Wendy.
KCRW interviewed our friend Charles about how sweeps have harmed him. Even when politicians like Councilmember Hugo Soto-Martínez Soto-Martinez, who authorized the sweeping of Charles’s encampment, claim their sweeps are “compassionate,” the outcomes are the same.
Two tenants associations are fighting RUBS, "Ratio Utility Billing Systems," which landlords use to push costs onto tenants, adding hundreds to rent each month with no transparency The landlord for both is Equity Residential, the largest landlord in LA lapublicpress.org/2025/05/la-ten…