Trial over mass evictions at Barrington Plaza in Los Angeles could hinge on meaning of 'permanent'
LOS ANGELES — What does "permanent" mean? For more than 100 people still living at the massive Westside apartment complex Barrington Plaza one year after their owner sought to evict them, a judge's answer to that question, expected soon, is vital to their future. People who live in rent-controlled properties, such as Barrington Plaza, enjoy special protections against eviction as a way of ...
LOS ANGELES — What does "permanent" mean?
For more than 100 people still living at the massive Westside apartment complex Barrington Plaza one year after their owner sought to evict them, a judge's answer to that question, expected soon, is vital to their future.
People who live in rent-controlled properties, such as Barrington Plaza, enjoy special protections against eviction as a way of keeping tenants from being kicked out just to raise rents. Under L.A. city law, one legally allowed reason to evict is if an owner is going to remove a rental unit "permanently from rental housing use."
In the case of Barrington Plaza, the owners say that's exactly their plan — while they simultaneously acknowledge
