Eunisses' Team Ignored Another Information Request. Is Anyone Surprised?

If you’ve been here for a while, you might possibly remember that two years ago I submitted a CPRA request regarding a planned project in Westlake that displaced 36 households. The law requires a response within 10 calendar days.

Read the entire appalling business here. TL; DR version: Planning initially wouldn’t cooperate, the CD1 offices ignored the request for nearly a MONTH, promised me a response SIX WEEKS after the initial request, and then never sent me anything at all. To the best of my knowledge, NONE of this is legal.

That is not a good look for Planning, nor is it a good look for CD1 personnel.

On April 30 of this year, Eunisses Hernandez was quoted in the Los Angeles Times, claiming “I have a list of dozens and dozens of [rent-stabilized] units in my district…that are currently Airbnb units. This is happening.”

Let me be clear: I believe Eunisses’ claim that there are RSO units in CD1 that are being misused as illegal hotels. It’s happening all over the city.

Obviously, I submitted a request for the list she claims to have, intending to investigate the matter myself.

That was on April 30, the same day I read the article in the Times.

It is now May 16, over two weeks after the email was sent. I have not received any response whatsoever - not even one acknowledging the request.

Why won’t the CD1 offices comply with the law regarding records requests?

Does the list really even exist - and if so, what does Eunisses’ team stand to gain by refusing to share it? (Seriously, help me help you.)

I have made no secret of my disdain for the CD1 offices’ history of unprofessional behavior (and I will continue to call it out if it happens again), but that doesn’t mean that I’m not still here to help.

My concern for my fellow Angelenos trumps personal dislike, and I was fully prepared to dig into each address on this list. And still…crickets.

Eunisses is up for re-election this year. CD1 deserves a representative who respects their constituents enough to reply to a damn email.