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Los Angeles extends ban on evictions, despite pleas from landlords

LOS ANGELES (KABC) — Despite pleas from frustrated landlords, the Los Angeles City Council voted Wednesday to extend the city’s emergency declaration allowing its eviction moratorium to continue.

The council voted 11-1 to keep the declaration, with Council member John Lee the only holdout.

“Set a date, a date certain that they can look forward to and they can plan for in the future,” Lee said referring to an end date for the moratorium at a news conference prior to the council meeting. “This eviction moratorium has got to end.”

A large group of landlords described by Lee as “mom and pop property owners” took part in the event. It was originally scheduled to take place outside City Hall, but a demonstration by members of the social justice group Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment spurred the landlords to bring their news conference inside.

AACE member Elizabeth Hernandez addressed the City Council, urging them to keep the pandemic protections in place.

“A lot of people still haven’t been able to pay the rent and they’re going to end up homeless,” Hernandez told Eyewitness News.

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