RENT CONTROL PUNISHES LANDLORDS! To the City Council: Hello, I believe a landlord should have some hope of getting to, or, very close to market over a reasonable period of time (not 50 to 100 years!) I came up with two ways this can be accomplished, while at the same time, tenants will have protections…
Two and one-half years ago, despite overwhelming property owner opposition, Mayor Eric Garcetti and his City Council abandoned a system of trash collection by competitive bidding and instituted a trash monopoly system where trash corporations were awarded monopolies for specific areas. The trash corporations assured the Mayor and the Council that these monopolies would lead…
AOA’s TRASH LAWSUIT From Carol Shining, Shining Law Firm Friends: You may have recently read about a settlement between the City of Los Angeles and the seven franchisee waste haulers. According to these news reports, this settlement purports to change the contract between the City and the Haulers as certain distance fees. However, several things are important: