LA County Extends Rent Protections for Fire Survivors
The LA Daily News reports LA County took two steps to ease housing pressure on wildfire survivors and other renters: extending wildfire-related price-gouging protections through April 28, 2026, which keeps rent increases for covered units generally capped at 10% above pre-emergency levels, and raising the nonpayment eviction threshold in unincorporated areas so landlords generally cannot begin formal eviction proceedings until a tenant owes at least two months of fair-market rent instead of one. Together, the County says these measures are meant to help keep displaced Eaton and Palisades fire survivors and financially strained tenants housed, though landlord groups argue the emergency no longer justifies the restrictions.