Housing

The Los Angeles City Council is set to adopt a slate of tenant protections Friday ahead of the expiration of the local state of emergency due to COVID-19 at the end of the month.

Temporary tenant protections are set to expire on Jan. 31, with the end of the emergency. The council has voted twice to end the state of emergency at the end of the month, with two amendments seeking to extend it failing.

Come Feb. 1, when Los Angeles' rent protections due to the COVID-19 pandemic are set to expire, the clock will begin ticking for many people to pay back all the rent they owe.

The agency called the situation a "cyber event" and didn't say what data may have been compromised.

Measure ULA, also known as the “mansion tax” was approved by voters in November, which adds a 4% tax on home sales between $5 million and $10 million, and adds a 5.5% tax on sales above $10 million.

Mayor Bass plans to launch the "Inside Safe" program Tuesday, which will use master leasing with motels near encampments to place unhoused people.

LA Mayor Karen Bass is moving forward with an effort to boost affordable housing and signed an affordable housing executive order on Friday afternoon.

The city agreed to pay $1 million and end a discriminatory housing program aimed at evicting criminals in what federal prosecutors said was the first settlement of its kind in the country.

During her first day in office, LA Mayor Karen Bass declared a state of emergency on the city's homeless crisis.

Los Angeles ranked as the second major U.S. metro area people are leaving, according to data. San Francisco was first.

Sunny, relatively affordable areas are typically the most popular relocation destinations, the report found.

Sacramento, Las Vegas and Miami were the most popular destinations for homebuyers looking to relocate.