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Barrington Plaza Update: The Landlord Lied

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Stires Staircase Bungalow Court, ten small bungalows in two rows facing a narrow courtyard, with severely pruned mature trees and a wide lawn. Image courtesy of Silver Lake Heritage.

Have No Faith: The City Doesn't Give a #$%! About RSO Renters

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Screenshot showing considerable vandalism on the roof of the empty and unsecured Wilshire Professional Building

Wasting Away on Wilshire Boulevard

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I Have Some Concerns About Inside Safe

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Screenshot of LA Public Press' headline for article on renoviction

The Horrors of Renoviction

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WDSU News screenshot of a woman holding up a "Neighbors Not Tourists, No Airbnb" sign

Tell City Council: Enough Short-Term Rentals Already!

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Screenshot of updated map with 1,048 black balloons showing home-share citations

Mapped: 1,048 Home-Sharing Citations

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Screenshot from Otsego Tenants Association video stating that unpermitted roofing work was performed in July 2023

"Luxury Villas", My Ass

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1346 North Fairfax Avenue, a 1919 bungalow flanked by mature trees and two taller buildings. The house has burned down. Image courtesy of Google Maps.

Fire on Fairfax

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Two Homes Empty Since 2017

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Graphic for Where Has All the Affordable Housing Gone? exhibit in Venice

Death (of affordable housing) in Venice

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2519 West 4th Street, a beige two-story apartment building next to palm trees and under a blue sky with white clouds.

Doomed In Westlake

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The Hollenbeck house on fire against the night sky, taken by Mr. Smurfy from a window in his own home.

Nine Fires: A Neighbor's Story

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The 1928 Jardinette Apartments, taken by Wikimedia user Junkyardsparkle

WTF Is Happening to the Jardinette Apartments?

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Fire-damaged remains of dilapidated Hollenbeck residence at 436 S. Boyle Ave.

Ignored by the City, Lost Forever

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Screenshot of LA Public Press' main page, including a shocking exposé on "relocating" rent controlled tenants.

You Should Be Reading LA Public Press

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Google Street View screenshot of 5510 S. Manhattan Place, a white bungalow with a gray roof, red porch, and green lawn.

Two City-Owned Homes To Be Sold *Updated 10/18*

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Screenshot from property listing boasting that tenants were Ellis Act evicted more than 5 years ago. Sickening, isn't it?

Ellis Act Stories, Chapter 2: Three Buildings on Sunset Boulevard

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Ellis Act Stories, Chapter 1: Kevin

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Entrance of the Spanish Colonial Revival El Mirador apartments, Ellis Acted and left empty for years.

We Need to Talk About the Ellis Act

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Screenshot of LA Times article on lawsuit over short-term party house rentals

It's About Damn Time

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Taix French Restaurant, a single-story French Alpine-style building, taken before the recent bad paint job and removal of plants

What's REALLY Going On With Taix?

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Picture of the March 18, 2022 arson fire at 11057 Hartsook Street, a ten-unit bungalow court.

Greed, Arson, and an HGTV Host

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570 Normandie, a cream-colored three-story home with visible signs of neglect and a demolition permit posted on the fence. Photo by Kim Cooper.

Speculation, Blight, and Fire

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Google Street View of Dunamis House, a large yellow three-story building, in 2022

Graduated! Congrats to Dunamis House!

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Picture of 2040 Rodney Drive, an empty modern apartment complex with chipping paint, thick foliage, and a Dumpster.

29 Units and a Pool, Rotting in Los Feliz

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Google Street View image of 8809 Sunland Boulevard, a small Midcentury Modern doctor's office. When the picture was taken in 2021, it had been repurposed as a marijuana dispensary.

The Blighted Medical Building

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Antique postcard of Yamashiro, a lavish Japanese mansion on a hilltop in Hollywood.

Et Tu, Yamashiro? *UPDATED 7/18*

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Overhead picture of LAPD fireworks explosion, courtesy CBS News. Shows the exploded containment vessel, an overturned car, a tree, power lines, and copious smoke obscuring the rest of the blast damage.

LA Has Repeatedly Failed East 27th Street

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Image of the Doors "Morrison Hotel" album, taken through the painted window of the Morrison Hotel lobby. Rooms were $2.50 in 1969.

Two Residential Hotels, Sans Residents

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Picture of "Pillarhenge", which is an undeveloped lot with over twenty pillars from an abandoned project. The lot is behind construction fencing and has some graffiti tags.

A Future for Pillarhenge

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Redfin listing photo of 1627 Glendale Boulevard, a gray Craftsman bungalow that has been extensively repaired.

Little House off the Freeway (Graduating!)

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Image of the 108 Motel, a beige one-story motel in poor condition, via Google Maps.

The Nuisance Motel

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Image of the closed Boyle Heights Sears store, a Streamline building with a tower and neon signs.

What Will Become of the Boyle Heights Sears?

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Open Letter to Airbnb

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Boarded-up bungalow court on a street with two sapling trees and two parked cars.

The Little Bungalow Court

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A yellow ranch house with overgrown plants and debris in the yard.

Empty, Neglected, and in a Really Nice Neighborhood

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Picture shows a distressed small house in a dead yard with a chain link fence, a mature tree, and multiple trash bins.

There's an Empty House Rotting on a Venice Canal

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Picture of Barrington Plaza, a high-rise apartment complex in Los Angeles, against a blue sky and flanked with tall palm trees.
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Eight Floors Empty for Three Years: Barrington Plaza (Updated 6/12/23)

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Empty, partially demolished buildings on Bunker Hill.

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