City Council

(15) 25-0006-S16 CONSIDERATION OF MOTION (HERNANDEZ, SOTO-MARTINEZ – NAZARIAN), AMENDING MOTION (HERNANDEZ – SOTO-MARTINEZ), and COMMUNICATION FROM THE LOS ANGELES HOUSING DEPARTMENT (LAHD) relative to drafting ordinances that prohibit certain types of evictions as outlined in the Motion for tenants who attest to having experienced economic or medical hardship related to the January 2025 fires, implements a rent increase pause for all residential rental units and suspends Los Angeles Municipal Code Section 151.06(G) through January 31, 2026; authorizing the LAHD to execute a sole source contract with Partners in Diversity to hire temporary paralegals; and related matters. A. MOTION (HERNANDEZ, SOTO-MARTINEZ – NAZARIAN) Recommendations for Council action: 1. DETERMINE, as provided in Section 54954.2(b)(2) of the Government Code, and pursuant to Rule 23 of the Rules of the City Council, that there is a need to take immediate action on this matter and that the need for the action came to the attention of the City Council subsequent to the posting of the January 14, 2025 Council meeting agenda. 2. REQUEST the City Attorney, in coordination with the LAHD, to prepare and present an ordinance, with an urgency clause, that prohibits the following types of evictions, through January 31, 2026: ​ a. For tenants who attest to having experienced economic or medical hardship related to the January 2025 fires: ​ i. Evictions for non-payment of rent ii. No-fault evictions other than a government order to vacate iii. Evictions related to unauthorized occupants, pets or nuisance related to those additional occupants iv. Evictions based on failure to obtain renters' insurance b. For tenants who have accommodated in their rental units additional displaced or economically impacted occupants that attest to having experienced economic or medical hardship related to the January 2025 fires: ​ i. No-fault evictions other than a government order to vacate ii. Evictions based on failure to obtain renters' insurance iii. Evictions related to unauthorized occupants, pets or nuisance related to those additional occupants 3. REQUEST the City Attorney to draft an emergency ordinance implementing a rent increase pause for all rental residential units through January 31, 2026. 4. REQUEST the City Attorney, in conjunction with the LAHD, to prepare and present an ordinance, with an urgency clause, that suspends LAMC 151.06(G), which allows rent increases for additional occupants, through January 31, 2026. 5. REQUEST the City Attorney, with support from the LAHD and the Chief Legislative Analyst, and in coordination with the Mayor's Office, to produce monthly reports on the City's response to complaints of price gouging in the rental housing market for the duration of the local emergency order declared in response to the January 2025 fires and for six months after, and that such monthly reports include but are not limited to: