L.A. Tenants Union

Join us TOMORROW at 9am to demand protections for tenants across the whole county, not just unincorporated LA!
500 W Temple St
LA 90012

More info: bit.ly/evictice88cities

Tenants in Los Angeles & 87 other cities, not just unincorporated LA County, need protections!

Call Janice Hahn: (213) 974-4444
and Hilda Solis: (213) 974-4111

to demand that they use their power under the state of emergency that they declared in October to protect tenants across the county!

Today the Board strengthened protections for tenants in unincorporated areas. We showed up to demand county-wide protections, and in response Lindsey Horvath said she will introduce a motion, to be voted on next week, to raise the evictable rent debt threshold to 3 months' FMR for the entire county.

ICE has been attacking our region since June and thousands of street vendors, day laborers, and immigrant businesses are struggling to pay the rent. Still, no rent relief has been distributed.
We demand the BOS increase the rent debt threshold to three months' rent for all of LA County!

On Tuesday's BOS agenda is a motion to increase the threshold to two months for unincorporated LA County. But the BOS has emergency powers under the state of emergency it passed in October, meaning it can
pass protections for the entire county - all 88 cities including the City of LA!

In L.A. City, we have an "evictable rent debt threshold": a tenant has to owe more than one month's fair market rent to be evicted. In unincorporated LA County they have the same protection.

🚨 Support immigrants who have lost work & are facing eviction!

On Tuesday the LA County Board of Supervisors will vote on whether to increase the amount a tenant has to be behind on rent before a landlord can evict them. We demand county-wide protections!

Toolkit here: bit.ly/evictice88cities

Join us & dozens of other organizations tomorrow to mourn the lives of those murdered by ICE and to demand an end to the federal siege on our cities.

L.A. City Hall
200 N. Spring St
1pm - Friday January 30

We have been demanding an eviction moratorium in LA since the ICE attacks began here in June, and the LA County Board of Supervisors is finally considering new protections against eviction.
Send an email here: tinyurl.com/stopICEevict...

Meet the only L.A. landlord criminally charged with harassing her tenants A war is raging between the tenants and landlord of 1430 Wright St., with both sides trading wild allegations of violence and harassment.

What does it take to be the only L.A. landlord criminally charged under the city’s Tenant Anti-Harassment Ordinance?

echoparklatu colo yar Confirmed kidnappings in Echo Park/Silver Lé 1/6 on Friday, January 9. • 9:07 a.m. - 1312 Echo Park Ave (at the former Los Burritos/now Tijuanero), 90026. One worker kidnapped while painting. • 9:10 a.m. - 2139 Glendale Blvd, 90039. Three gardeners kidnapped. • 10:15 a.m. - Outside the gas station at Sunset / Alvarado, 90026 - One street vendor kidnapped. • 10:44am - Elsinore St & Mohawk St - One person kidnapped • 10:45 a.m. - Descanso Dr. and Micheltorena St., Silver Lake, 90026 - At least one kidnapped. • 10:45 a.m. - Temple and Edgeware, 90026 - At least one person kidnapped. • 11 a.m. - Restaurant on Sunset Blvd & Lemoyne - One worker kidnapped while sweeping outside. • 12:30 p.m. - Gas station at Fletcher Dr and Riverside Dr, 90039 - One street vendor kidnapped. • ••

From Echo Park Tenants Union, 10 people taken today in Echo Park/Silver Lake. Some were gardners, painters, and workers. All of them my neighbors.

Renee Macklin Good’s wife says she ‘nurtured kindness’ On Wednesday, Renee Macklin Good was fatally shot by a federal ICE agent. Becca Good, her wife, shared the following statement with MPR News.

On Wednesday, Renee Macklin Good was fatally shot by a federal ICE agent. Becca Good, her wife, shared the following statement with MPR News.

The Cost of Staying Human Remarks from a vigil for Renee Nicole Good

Tonight, I was one of more than 200 people who gathered on Chicago’s North Side to mourn Renee Nicole Good. Several people asked me to publish my remarks from the vigil, so I’m sharing them here.

ICE murdered someone in cold blood today.
6pm Placita Olvera

‘You don’t have to do it alone’: how US cities are helping each other resist ICE From LA to Charlotte, organizers are learning from others’ strategies to protect residents amid federal crackdowns

"We had never operated ICE watch patrols, but we were able to do it. And here’s the great thing: you don’t have to do it alone. You don’t have to figure out all of this from scratch, because we’re here to support you.”

My latest for the @us.theguardian.com: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Zohran Mamdani’s First Big Housing Test Is Already Here The mayor-elect is about to inherit a messy bankruptcy affecting thousands of rent-stabilized New Yorkers. He’s also inheriting a growing tenants’ movement ready to fight back.

"This is New York’s first portfolio-wide union in recent memory, and surely the first to be built at such dizzying scale: In a matter of months, 40 Pinnacle buildings across 3 boroughs have formed tenant associations and joined the union to coordinate their demands."

newrepublic.com/article/2042...

LA rent relief is coming. But as immigration raids continue, it might not close the gap Tenant organizers are still pressuring County leadership to pass an eviction moratorium.

LA rent relief is coming. But as immigration raids continue, it might not close the gap.

Tenant organizers are still pressuring County leadership to pass an eviction moratorium.
lapublicpress.org/2025/12/la-r...

Illustration of a house with four people inside; a woman sleeping, a man in distress, an elderly person with a walker, and another in a wheelchair. The backdrop features medical items and a somber, contemplative tone.

THREAD: Our new investigation by @ottavias.bsky.social with @typeinvestigations.org uncovers Texas “boarding homes” where disabled and elderly people are neglected, trapped and exploited—and why this is a warning for the whole country.

inthesetimes.com/article/texa...

Brazil’s Massive Landless Workers’ Movement Leads the Way After 40 years of struggle, Brazil’s Landless Workers’ Movement is now at nearly two million members and taking center stage in the fight for democracy and equality. It’s done that by flying the most unlikely militant banner of all: organic food.

After 40 years of struggle, Brazil’s Landless Workers’ Movement is now at nearly two million members and taking center stage in the fight for democracy and equality.

It’s done that by flying the most unlikely militant banner of all: organic food.

NO WAR ON VENEZUELA
SATURDAY - 2PM
PERSHING SQUARE

LAPD can continue to use military weapons, foam bullets and tear gas after City Council vote The LA City Council voted 8-4 to let LAPD keep using foam bullets and tear gas despite documented misuse during this summer's anti-ICE protests and over $50 million in civil rights violation payouts l...

LAPD can continue to use military weapons, foam bullets and tear gas after City Council vote.

The LA City Council voted 8-4 to let LAPD keep using foam bullets and tear gas despite documented misuse during this summer’s anti-ICE protests and over $50M in civil rights violation payouts last year.

The Trump admin has been clear that its mass deportation agenda relies not just on detentions but on making life so impossible for immigrants that they choose to self-deport.
@lacountybos.bsky.social 's inaction has worked hand in glove with ICE to bring that strategy to life.

A speaker from the Rent Brigade shared the story of Magda, a street vendor who felt she had no choice but to self-deport after receiving six eviction notices, leaving behind a daughter who cannot receive adequate medical care in Guatemala. She may never see her in person again.

Tenants from LATU - Somos Los Callejones, CLEAN Carwash Workers, Community Power Collective, and Rent Brigade spoke about closed businesses, decreased foot traffic, and the ever-present fear of not only ICE but of eviction.

Today we returned to the Board of Supervisors with members of the EVICT ICE NOT US (evicticenotus.org) coalition to demand eviction protections in the wake of the financial devastation of the ICE raids.

EVICT ICE Not Us! Rally & Press Conference at the Board of Supervisors LA County needs *strong* eviction protections before the holidays! 500 W Temple, December 2, 8:30am Black and white text on red and green background

In Sept the County passed a motion to consider an eviction moratorium, in Oct they declared a state of emergency giving them the authority to implement one... since then they've dragged their feet.

Join us TUESDAY to demand they act!
500 W Temple 8:30am

evicticenotus.org

It's hard to express what it meant to watch Maurice, Natalia, Celeste, and Rhea tell their stories—in their own voices—this morning.

The segment revealed a brutal reality: homelessness at this scale isn't about personal failure. It's the result of policy choices and systems built to exploit people.

Chicago tenants demand eviction moratorium amid federal invasion Housing organizers are warning against putting people out on the street “as long as ICE is in our city.”

Housing organizers warn against putting people out “as long as I.C.E. is in our city.” https://bit.ly/4oGuo1C

LA reforms rent control for first time in 40 years, lowering rent hikes for most tenants Under the reforms approved by a majority of City Council members, rent hikes would be capped at 4%, even if inflation in the overall economy runs higher.

Today LA City Council voted to strengthen the LA rent stabilization law, so that increases will range from 1-4% instead of the current rule, 3-8%. This will affect hundreds of thousands of households. Congrats & thank you to everyone who fought so hard to win this!

laist.com/news/housing...

Rent Strikes Since the nineteenth century, working-class families have predominantly relied on tenements for housing, with rents often consuming a large portion of their household budgets. There is a long and cont...

Just published!

Rent Strikes: A history of collective tenant actions across the world, the book I edited with @hannesrolf.bsky.social, is out now from @uclpress.bsky.social

It's OPEN ACCESS, part of the "Work Around the World" series by @iisg-amsterdam.bsky.social

uclpress.co.uk/book/rent-st...