Debate over the city’s Rent Stabilization Ordinance kicked into high gear May 7, when the council voted 8-6 to have the city attorney draft a moratorium that would prevent for up to six months apartment owners from levying the usual 3 percent annual rent increase at rent control units.
The Los Angeles City Council on Friday is scheduled to consider an ordinance preventing the owners of thousands of apartments from imposing an optional 3% rent increase between now and Oct. 31.