IN PERSON Town Hall Meeting: Latest Updates from the Los Angeles Housing Dept. (LAHD)

IN-PERSON TOWN HALL MEETING at AAGLA: Join Us on Saturday, April 22nd for the Latest Updates from the City of Los Angeles Housing Department (LAHD)

Meet Anna Ortega - Assistant General Manager, Robert Galardi – Director, Head of Code Enforcement, and Michael Prendergast – Head of Finance who join us to discuss the many of the new City of Los Angeles tenant protection ordinances, SCEP inspections, planned landlord assistance fund to assist housing providers, and much more. Get your questions answered and express your concerns.

THIS EVENT IS IN-PERSON AT THE OFFICES OF THE APARTMENT ASSOCIATION OF GREATER LOS ANGELES, 621 SOUTH WESTMORELAND AVENUE, LOS ANGELES.

The City of Los Angeles recently passed several tenant protection ordinances that impact all providers of residential rental housing in the city, whether subject to the City’s rent stabilization ordinance or exempt from it. Los Angeles City Ordinance No. 187763 requires a financial threshold of past due rent (equal to one month’s fair market rent) be met prior to initiating eviction proceedings, and the City’s Ordinance No. 187764 requires rental housing providers to pay substantial penalties should a rent increase on housing legally exempt from either local or state rent stabilization rules exceed a specified percentage (for 2023, the threshold is 10%). There are also new “just cause” eviction protections for non-RSO tenants, and new notice requirements.

LAHD oversees the City’s Systematic Code Enforcement Program (SCEP). Under the program, LAHD housing inspectors conduct site visits to all Los Angeles rental income properties with two or more units on a three-year revolving basis (There are approximately 96,000 properties and 740K in rent controlled units in the city). Recently Los Angeles has been a hiring more inspectors. Property owners have expressed concern that new inspectors tend to site more issues than are necessary to address safety concerns. Some of the more common issues cited include lack of proper maintenance and unsanitary conditions, broken windows, illegal units, defective or improperly installed smoke detectors, and/or lack of required lighting or ventilation. SCEP was created in 1998 to ensure that the Los Angeles rental housing stock is safe and habitable.

DON’T MISS THIS IMPORTANT LIVE, IN-PERSON MEETING AT THE OFFICES OF THE APARTMENT ASSOCIATION OF GREATER LOS ANGELES – THIS IS YOUR CHANCE TO BE UPDATED ON THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES’ NEW TENANT PROTECTION ORDINANCES AND HAVE YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED BY TOP EXECUTIVES AT LAHD.

Please join us on Saturday, April 22, 2023, at 10:00 a.m. as LAHD’s Anna Ortega - Assistant General Manager, Robert Galardi – Director, Head of Code Enforcement, and Michael Prendergast – Head of Finance provides US with important City of Los Angeles updates and address your questions. JOIN US FOR THIS DO NOTMISS EVENT!

• Where: Apartment Association of Greater Los Angeles – 621 South Westmoreland Avenue, Los Angeles, CA
• Parking: FREE Parking in Rear of Property
• Time: 10:00 a.m.

The discussion will be moderated by Harold Greenberg, member of AAGLA’s Board of Directors and Past AAGLA President. This is another of many member-exclusive informative online sessions we have been offering. Please log in to register.

If you have any questions regarding this event, please contact Events Manager Diana Alcaraz via email at . We look forward to your joining us.

WARNING: THE INFORMATION PROVIDED DURING THIS WEBINAR IS FOR GENERAL INFORMATION PURPOSES ONLY. ABSOLUTELY NO LEGAL OR TAX ADVICE IS BEING GIVEN DURING THIS WEBINAR. BEAR IN MIND THAT EVERY SITUATION IS UNIQUE, AND THE LAWS, RULES AND REGULATIONS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE AT ANY TIME. SO, BEFORE ACTING, BE SURE TO OBTAIN TAX AND/OR LEGAL ADVICE FROM A LICENSED PROFESSIONAL.

Guest Presenters:

Anna Ortega is the Assistant General Manager of the Regulatory Code and Compliance Bureau for the Los Angeles Housing Department, responsible for the management of Citywide major operations for the: Rent Stabilization, Code Enforcement and Compliance Divisions.

Anna will be joined by Robert Galardi – Director, Head of Code Enforcement, and Michael Prendergast – Head of Finance.

The Rent Stabilization Division enforces the Los Angeles Rent Stabilization Ordinance (RSO) that seeks to balance the interests of landlords and tenants by regulating the registration of rental units, allowable rent increases, evictions and relocation assistance under City law. The Code Enforcement Division maintains the habitability of the City’s 860,000 multi-family rental units by enforcing housing code regulations. The Compliance Division administers the Rent Escrow Account (REAP) and Utility Maintenance Programs (UMP), conducts public hearings and prepares legal cases for the Office of the City Attorney against property owners that fail to maintain their properties in a safe and habitable condition, and operates the billing and collections of legally mandated fees which support these programs. Additionally, Bureau staff provide year-round informational workshops for landlords and tenants.

Moderator:

Harold Greenberg, Esq. (Director and Past President of AAGLA)

Harold Greenberg is an attorney practicing real estate law in the Los Angeles area. He received his Bachelors’ Degree graduating Summa Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Pennsylvania State University in 1961. He was a Commissioned Infantryman and part of the Military Police as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. After the Army, Mr. Greenberg attended law school at the Temple University Law School and received his J.D. degree. During his expansive legal career, he served as a Judge Advocate in the General’s Corps., as a Deputy Public Defender and District Attorney for Los Angeles County, and has taught Criminal Law and Evidence at the California State University in Los Angeles and the Glendale University College of Law. He was also a guest lecturer at the University Southern California Department of Continuing Education, and the Constitutional Rights Foundation. He also serves as an Assistant Judge Advocate General, in the Military Order of the World Wars, and as a Vice Commander for Jewish War Veterans.

Mr. Greenberg is admitted to the state bars in California and Pennsylvania, and is licensed to practice before the U.S. District Courts in the Western District Texas, and Tennessee, the United States Supreme Court, the United States Tax Court, and the United States Court Military Appeals. He is a member of the American Bar Association, the Los Angeles County Bar, the California Attorneys for Criminal Justice, and both the National and California Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys, and was the Chairperson of the State Bar Committee on Landlord/Tenant Rights for 7 years. Mr. Greenberg has also been a past President of the Apartment Association of Greater Los Angeles.

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