L.A. County is investigating whether an eviction notice sent to a 102-year-old at her longtime Ladera Heights home violates renter protections.
Officials are investigating whether an eviction notice sent to 102-year-old Thelma Smith, shown in the photo at right, complies with a rent stabilization law approved last year. Her friend Pauline Cooper, left, says she's worried about Smith's well-being. at her longtime home in Ladera Heights violated temporary renter protections approved by lawmakers last year.
“It is a reflection on all of us if we don’t do everything we can to bring this to a proper conclusion,” Ridley-Thomas said in an interview Saturday. “We’ll do whatever we can to make sure that Ms. Smith is not unsettled, and that we protect the quality of her life — a long life.” The county’s temporary rent protections took effect in November. They are aimed at protecting elderly, disabled and poor residents in unincorporated areas who live on fixed incomes and cannot afford market-rate rent in Southern California.
When asked by a television reporter why he would evict a 102-year-old woman, he responded: “Would you take care of your child?”
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