Eviction Rates Are Higher Now Than Before the Pandemic
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Image source: Mario Rueben Carrion from Comida Pal Pueblo
Image description: Bushwick residents attend a food distribution by Comida Pal Pueblo. Comida Pal Pueblo volunteers share vegetables and beverages with community members around a table.
There is not, nor has there ever been, an eviction moratorium in Los Angeles. The patchwork of laws and ordinances championed by elected officials as moratoria was anything but. Since Mayor Eric Garcetti declared a state of emergency on March 15, 2020, LA landlords have filed over 54,245 evictions against tenants. See the map & learn more.