L.A. City Eviction Moratorium and Federal Litigation [Open Letters to David Chiu, Governor Newsom and the Los Angeles Daily Journal] By Michael Millman

To the Los Angeles Journal: What’s most disturbing is that the City Council and others passed a “moratorium” which restricts and prevents landlords from imposing the annual, rental-mandated, municipal rent increase.  Under the Rent Stabilization Ordinance, the tenants’ rent may be lawfully increased each year based upon the Consumer Price Index.  There’s a ceiling of…

Landlords Are Frustrated! The below letter was sent to the Daily Journal By- Attorney Michael Millman

Dear Friends: Thank you for your articles.  Let’s start at the beginning.   The overwhelming, vast majority of apartment owners are small family-owned groups.  Yes, the true “mom and pop” owners.  Elena Popp, who has run the Eviction Network Service for 20 years or longer, was attempting to defend tenants and losing in those jurisdictions wherein…

OPPOSE AB 828 – FREE RENT! By- Michael Millman

Dear friends, it may be beneficial to examine the Fifth Amendment of the United States Constitution:  “No person shall … be deprived of life, liberty or property … without due process of law … nor shall private property … be taken …for public use …without just compensation …”

March 2020 Letters to the Editor …

Dear AOA:  Today I received my 2020 RSO bill.  On the top is reads:  “New in 2020: The RSO Fees Per Unit Have Been Increased.”   My building is under rent control.  This year, I was allowed to raise my rents 4%.  My RSO unit fees were INCREASED 18%!!  That is crazy. The RSO fee…