Tenants in District 10 want a break from rising rents
Kaitlin Parker | 2-26-2011 | Comments |
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On the morning of the most romantic holiday of the year, Los Angeles City Councilman Herb Wesson had a "Valentine" hand-delivered to his District 10 campaign office, but the message on the card was anything but loving.
Members of the LA Right to Housing Collective gathered outside Wesson's office, demanding changes in the city's rent-control law. A law that would temporarily freeze rent increases failed to pass last year. While rents are rising, many wages are not, and some tenants say they are seeing more and more families displaced from their neighborhoods.
Wesson was not present in the office when the group walked inside and delivered their card, which had a picture of a broken heart. A staff member in the office said she did not know when Wesson would be back or what his response would be to the group's requests.
Interpreter services provided by Davin Corona, co-director of Comunidad Presente.
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