LA County Gives Free Eviction Lawyers To Tenants Who Didn't Pay Rent

The Los Angeles County, California board of supervisors voted to provide taxpayer funded eviction lawyers to Tenants facing eviction. The grand majority of Tenants facing eviction are for not paying rent.

[hermitbob]

What better way to spend taxpayer money. Probably spend $80k in lawyers fees per tenant, rather than just pay the past due rent and maybe a year in advance.

[TL-wynk]

They are not preventing homelessness. If you don't pay rent, just get out. You are not entitled to anything.

[SugiesCookies]

Lol just another way for them to pit landlords against tenants. Another distraction from the horrible shit they do daily

[willismartin]

California Dreaming, is now the California Nightmare 😢

[justjen]

It sure makes you want to take matters into your own hands. Taxpayers money shouldn't go to this ridiculous law. The landlords pay taxes too. Sick

[julietewing]

State funded, county funded, or government funded?
I thought it had been reported/stated that California was broke?

[cdrone]

They do this in NYC, L&T is a shit show in NYC.

[ctjk]

And then people are complaining that landlords are not doing repairs now. The state better not complain when the landlord stops paying any and all property taxes and bills. What's the state going to do. Take the building. The state has no money.

[lucyhallinan]

I have a renter who paid $0.00. I saw 3 Xmas go by. He's.... They're finally out.Feb, I enter my ct papers for a Dec date(10 mo) judge cancel to April(14 mo) 1 month waiting ... 3 no for sherriff papers. I went to ct to find my sherriff papers lost. I had to redo sherriff papers. 21 mo... Def quit his job. The Justice system message to LL holding legal rental contracts bet adults .... Cts and renters are BULLIES. Cts favor renters. This gv my def FREE rental Free ESQ FREE job time and FREE escape time it's why LL are quitting

[sidwhiting]

Free? Hah, not free. "Taxpayer funded" is the correct term. I know that's not you saying "free", Tony. But sadly it's how people will think of it.

Anyway, it will just make landlords far less likely to take marginal tenants. Anyone who might not pay (bad credit, bad LL references, low income) will be rejected, because no landlord will want to pay to fight the inevitable non-payers. This will increase the homeless population, the precise opposite of the intended effects.

CA landlords are gluttons for punishment. I would never invest there. Banks should stop lending there, due to the increased risks of non-payment.

[Rayjack-mo]

As a Life-long L.A County resident its obvious why the quality of life and the County is going down the crapper tax payer revenues going to deadbeat renters.

[andymalanga]

No wonder the rent is so high in. Los Angeles!

[OldsmobileCutlassSupremeConver]

San Diego does it too.
It's all about the Attorney/Advocate Eviction cash cow, cottage industry.
The Rental business is a Sucker's Bet now.

[apllu]

L.A county assumes that landlords are too rich for the same support.

[charlesphilhower]

Legal aid has always provided free lawyers, it is just that they would not waste time and money on clear cut cases where the tenant failed to pay rent.

[terrysmith]

Are the landlords going to be made to do repairs? Los Angeles has soooo many buildings that are in need of repairs. But I hope that they put a time restraint on how long these lawyers can drag out these cases. There are soooo many laws in California already that “protect tenant rights, ! Let’s STOP all these “Non Effective” so called remedies, a make Landlord repair their properties and make tenants pay their rent!!!
It doesn’t take a Rocket scientist to see that there is a feasible resolve to this problem!
Smh

[miscprojects]

What is it going to take. Does there have to be a class action lawsuit to end over taxation so that there is no money for these insane programs. Crazy that there is no money to repair sidewalks and streets or remove graffiti but there is money to give to dead beats who breech their rental contracts. Enough is enough.

[Lawyer-ohte]

What about mold, mildew, asbestos, the warrant of Habitability.Many items to consider in Landlord Tenant disputes. Lastly, what about retaliation issues. Landlord Tenant disputes are always complicated.

[dnandez]

Sue the county for misappropriation of tax payer funds. Its bullshit that they take homeowners taxes and then use those taxes to screw the owner.

[Lee-ycif]

Look up sang Kim in Bellevue Washington he has been evicted four times. The city of Seattle paid his $86, 000 in back rent so he can live in a 2 million house rent-free along with his legal fees. While the landlord has to pay all the legal fees of his on his own