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While emergency price restrictions have expired at both the state and Los Angeles County levels, the City of Los Angeles remains subject to active citywide emergency price restrictions tied to the January 2025 wildfire emergency. As of the publication of this article, those restrictions remain in effect throughout the City of Los…

For many Los Angeles housing providers, utility cost allocation is a routine part of property operations. In older multifamily buildings where individual utility meters are unavailable, Ratio Utility Billing Systems (“RUBS”) have become a common method of allocating shared utility expenses among residents. That long-standing practice recently became the subject of discussion…

Habitability claims in Los Angeles are filed more frequently, more strategically, and with more sophistication than most landlords anticipate. The right habitability defense attorney for landlords does not manage these claims reactively. They build a position that makes the claim difficult to sustain before it is ever filed. The question of who…