Landlords, tenants clash in court over parking-to-ADU conversions across LA

California’s push to build more housing is creating a new headache for Los Angeles landlords, as tenants push back against apartment parking spaces being turned into accessory dwelling units. Landlords across dense neighborhoods including Hollywood, Koreatown, Silver Lake and Pico Union are converting garages and parking areas into ADUs under a state law that limits local governments’ ability to require replacement parking — but the changes are drawing legal challenges from tenants who say losing their spaces violates their leases and threatens their ability to remain in their homes, the Los Angeles Times reported. The dispute centers on SB 1211, […]

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