Landlords Using Fire to Illegally Evict; Lawsuit Filed to Protect Elderly, Disabled Tenants
SANTA MONICA, Calif., April 13, 2016 — After a fire damaged their apartment building in December, the 20 low-income residents of the 17-unit rent-controlled building at 1605 Ocean Front Walk — many of whom are elderly or disabled — were left outside in the cold in the middle of the night with nowhere to sleep. […]
Temporary Restraining Order Issued in Ongoing Lawsuit Against Skid Row Hotel
LOS ANGELES, March 24, 2016 — Residents of the Madison Hotel have had an important right restored: they can have guests in their home. The Honorable James C. Chalfant issued a temporary restraining order lifting the outrageous ban on guests — which also barred attorneys and tenant organizers. The ruling is the second in a […]
Lawsuit Seeks to Protect Low-Income Tenants of Skid Row-Area Hotel
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 30, 2015 — To stop ongoing harassment by management and address long-standing habitability issues, 16 low-income residents of the Madison Hotel in downtown L.A., many of them elderly, disabled, and military veterans, and Los Angeles Community Action Network (LA CAN), a tenant-organizing group, have filed suit against the hotel’s owners and management. […]
Skid Row Tenants Call for an End to Harassment, Poor Conditions And Other Illegal Business Practices at the Madison Hotel
When: Tuesday, October 6, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. Where: The Madison Hotel, 423 E. 7th Street, Downtown LA Who: Residents of the Madison Hotel, and advocates and attorneys from Los Angeles Community Action Network (LA CAN), Inner City Law Center, Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles What: Press Conference and action regarding multiple and ongoing […]
