Tenants Rights Advocates Lose Another Battle Against a Developer

The Los Angeles City Council approved on Wednesday a request by the owner of a Hollywood apartment building to turn it into a boutique hotel. Tenants rights advocates had been fighting the plan. They say city officials talk a good talk when it comes to affordable housing, but then they turn around and approve projects that get rid of affordable housing. How often are tenants being evicted by developers under the Ellis Act? And what does Wednesday’s decision reveal about the city’s efforts to solve LA’s housing crisis?