Do you know that some housing providers have already received notices from their new City- appointed trash haulers that their rates will be increased by at least 100%?! You should know it – you passed this outrageous law! You even promised us that the rates would be lower. One housing provider just now reported that her rates were increased from $95 a month to $255. That’s a 168% increase! Another 54 units was raised from $400 to $2,300 - 283%!

Dan Faller is the President and Founder of the Apartment Owners Association of California. He reacts to this week ‘s discussion by the Los Angeles City Council to mandate retrofitting hundreds of buildings in order to survive a major quake.