L.A. CONDO RULES CLOSER TO APPROVAL STILL UNCLEAR IS THE ISSUE OF RELOCATION PAYMENTS.Byline: KERRY CAVANAUGH Staff Writer Two Los Angeles City Council  The Los Angeles City Council is the governing body of the City of Los Angeles, California, United States. committees moved one step closer Tuesday to finalizing strict new rules governing evictions and condominium condominiumIn modern property law, individual ownership of one dwelling unit within a multidwelling building. Unit owners have undivided ownership interest in the land and those portions of the building shared in common. conversions, but it remains unclear how much property owners would pay relocating tenants. The elderly, disabled and parents with children could receive $17,000 under a relocation mandate ordered by the Planning Commission Noun 1. planning commission - a commission delegated to propose plans for future activities and developments commission, committee - a special group delegated to consider some matter; "a committee is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours" - Milton Berle . Landlords now pay $8,000 for special-needs tenants. Other renters would receive $9,000 in relocation funds. They now get $3,200. But landlords and developers said the proposed relocation fees are too high, don't take into account tenants' incomes or length of residency A duration of stay required by state and local laws that entitles a person to the legal protection and benefits provided by applicable statutes. States have required state residency for a variety of rights, including the right to vote, the right to run for public office, the and could be levied even if a planned condo conversion Generally stated, a condo conversion is a process of entitling an income property or other lands currently held under one title to convert from sole ownership of the entire property (which often already is a multi unit property) into individual for sale units. never goes through. Kate Bartolo with development company The Kor kor n. See homer2. [Hebrew kôr, from Akkadian kurru, from Sumerian gur, a unit of measurement.] Noun 1. Group said the money should be targeted to residents who have the greatest need. ``It is completely unclear who would benefit and when they would benefit,'' Bartolo said. But low-income housing advocates pushed the council to adopt the new relocation funds and said they were concerned that the fees could be reduced in last-minute negotiations. ``Even this money will do nothing to guarantee new and decent housing (tenants) can afford,'' said Larry Gross Larry Gross is an American screenwriter and producer. Among other projects, he rewrote Ralph Bakshi's Cool World for Frank Mancuso Jr. (without even telling Bakshi prior to the rewrite), though Mark Victor and Michael Grais (who rewrote Gross's draft) got writing credit in with the Coalition for Economic Survival. Roughly a year after activists first raised concerns about mass evictions for condo conversions, City Council members said they're close to completing rules that will probably discourage some property owners from pursuing condo conversions by making the process more expensive. Since 2001, tenants from some 12,000 rent-controlled units have been evicted to make way for condo conversions and demolitions to build new ones. In addition to the tenant-relocation fees, the proposed rules would levy a per-unit fee -- $671 for special-needs tenants and $431 for other tenants -- to a relocation firm to help tenants find new apartments. The city is also appointing a panel of experts to consider whether to cap the number of condo conversions allowed. kerry.cavanaugh(at)dailynews.com (213) 978-0390 |
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