{"article":{"id":244423,"heading":"Tenants Deliver Valentine\u2019s Day  Message to Councilmember Wesson","author":"Erik","created":"2011-02-16 22:36:26","modified":"2013-11-11 01:06:06","last_modified":"Mon, 11 Nov 2013 08:06:06","article":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>On February 14, 2011, the Los Angeles Human Right to Housing Collective stopped by L.A. City Councilman Herb Wesson&rsquo;s Campaign Office to deliver a Valentine and demand that he move forward with the community&rsquo;s recommendations to reform rent control in L.A <br><br> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e2UrGg5e4T4&amp;feature=player_embedded\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e2UrGg5e4T4&amp;feature=player_embedded<\/a> <br><br> Tenants have been fighting for rent control reform for two years, since the City released a $1 million study showing that landlords benefit more than tenants under the current Rent Stabilization Ordinance.  Last Spring, after failing to enact a temporary rent freeze in the midst of an economic and housing crisis, the City Council ordered the Housing, Community and Economic Development committee to prepare comprehensive reforms to the City&rsquo;s Rent Stabilization Ordinance.  Councilmember Wesson, as Chair of this committee, has refused to act.  <br><br> Now, with another rent increase deadline looming and the CPI still zero, Wesson has not taken any action on this crucial issue in months.  Instead, he is proposing another study be conducted as a mechanism to delay reform for another year or two.   <br><br> Los Angeles Right to Housing Collective is a coalition of organizations from across the City of Los Angeles. Members consist of tenants, homeowners, immigrants, low income families, homeless people, seniors and youth from across Los Angeles, including East LA, Downtown, South Central, Venice, Koreatown, and Pico Union.  The Collective believes that affordable, decent, safe, and sanitary housing builds stable communities and that housing must be accessible to everyone.  <br>  <br> <\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","contact":"lahumanrighttohousing@gmail.com","link":"","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","summary":"Members of the L.A. Right to Housing Collective deliver valentine to Herb Wesson and demand that he move forward with the community's recommendations to reform rent control.","numcomment":1,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/2011\/02\/small.broken_heart.crop.jpg","filesize":"1.2 mebibytes","article_url":"\/news\/2011\/02\/244423.php","image":{"original":"\/uploads\/2011\/02\/small.broken_heart.crop.jpg","small":"\/uploads\/2011\/02\/small.broken_heart.crop.jpgthumb.jpg","medium":"\/uploads\/2011\/02\/small.broken_heart.crop.jpgmid.jpg"}},"attachments":[{"id":244424,"heading":"LA Right to Housing Collective","article":"","author":"Erik","parent_id":244423,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","created":"2011-02-16 22:36:26","modified":"2011-02-16 22:36:26","fileurl":"http:\/\/la.indymedia.org\/\/uploads\/2011\/02\/small.standing.jpg","image":{"original":"http:\/\/la.indymedia.org\/\/uploads\/2011\/02\/small.standing.jpg"}},{"id":244425,"heading":"Demonstrator sends Wesson a message","article":"","author":"Erik","parent_id":244423,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","created":"2011-02-16 22:36:26","modified":"2011-02-16 22:36:26","fileurl":"http:\/\/la.indymedia.org\/\/uploads\/2011\/02\/landscape.curtis.jpg","image":{"original":"http:\/\/la.indymedia.org\/\/uploads\/2011\/02\/landscape.curtis.jpg"}},{"id":244426,"heading":"Outside Campaign Office","article":"","author":"Erik","parent_id":244423,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","created":"2011-02-16 22:36:27","modified":"2011-02-16 22:36:27","fileurl":"http:\/\/la.indymedia.org\/\/uploads\/2011\/02\/outside.jpg","image":{"original":"http:\/\/la.indymedia.org\/\/uploads\/2011\/02\/outside.jpg"}}],"comments":[{"id":244576,"heading":"who decides what % is raised rents?","article":"I read that the &quot;CPI&quot; is used to determine how much RENT CONTROL is use to raise our rent. Mine has gone up 3-5%\r\nevery single year for 25 years with no relief, even when I plead\r\nfor one.\r\n\r\nwhich CPI is used ? LA City ? CA ? National one ?\r\n\r\nand is there no regulation for NO INCREASE or less than 3% ?\r\n\r\nand how else do we tenants act  to decrease the PROFITS of  those who  have  gained more CUMMULATIVELY  than  the apt is actually rent worth - most are old apts w\/ barely any but plumbing repairs required.... \r\n\r\nhow to stop the GREED of  owners  who dont care about people, but money only ?\r\n\r\nLet's have some specific actions, people, emails given here to \r\nbe seen and used by ALL TENANTS IN LA CITY NOW !\r\n\r\njust found this essential article that was a secret to me, and I thought I was an 'activist' ! huh !  ","author":"feirce tenant","parent_id":244423,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2011-02-27 02:18:37","modified":"2011-02-27 02:18:37","fileurl":""}]}