Real Estate/Development
Jan. 26, 2017
Law to rein in 'cash for keys' abuses takes effect in LA
This week Los Angeles joins several other California cities by enacting an ordinance to curb abuses by unscrupulous landlords. By Amanda Goad
Amanda Goad
Senior Staff Attorney
ACLU of Southern California
Phone: (213) 977-9500
Fax: (213) 977-9500
Email: agoad@aclusocal.org
Harvard University Law School; Cambridge MA
James and Martha Gutierrez had lived in their modest Echo Park apartment since their two children, Sophia and Michael, who are now in middle school, were born. One day and without warning, their landlord knocked on the door and told them they had to move out and made a "limited time offer" to pay them $6,000 cash in return. Before they had a chance to consider their situation, the landlord began knocking on their door every afternoo...
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