SAyn
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Do you want to know why rent is so expensive in LA? Why the application process takes so long? Why landlords want so much info from you? Here is a recent story: A family was referred to me for their eviction case. They were heading to a jury trial in one month and didn't have a lawyer, yet. They did all the paperwork and filing themselves, in-house to save on legal fees. And surprisingly, they did a great job. They filed the paperwork with LAHD. Gave proper notice to the tenants. I reviewed their paperwork and it was better quality than 90% of other eviction lawyers. I didn't see any viable way to dismiss the case on a technicality. As long as they were properly represented in trial, the family was going to win the eviction. They did everything by the book. Followed all the local rules. Gave all the necessary notices. The family told me the judge ordered the parties to mediate at the first court appearance. The family attended the mediation in court without a lawyer. The tenant was provided a lawyer by the city, for free. At the mediation the lawyer for the tenants offered this settlement: 1. 4 months to vacate the property 2. Cash to leave, paid upfront 3. Waiver of all owed rent 4. Sealed record They rejected the offer, of course. Why would they accept this? The family then asked me a great question. "What is our best case scenario with you in trial?" Based on my review, I gave them my most realistic estimate of the best case scenario in trial: 1. Both parties announce ready at the next trial date (1 month away) and trial takes 3 days. We win the trial. 2. Sheriff locks out the tenant 75 days after the trial. 3. about 110 days to possession. 4. Gave them an estimate cost for fees/prep time. 5. No viable collection of back rent, tenants had no assets. Obviously, this was the best case scenario. It could be worse. Trial can be delayed. While I was confident we are going to win, juries are unpredictable. This is where we had a surreal moment of collective clarity. The settlement offer they rejected is basically their best case scenario if they win the trial. This was not a coincidence. The attorney for the tenants asked for pretty much the same amount I quoted them for my fees. The lawyer for the tenants knew the family had to hire a lawyer for a jury trial. The lawyer knows it takes the sheriff 2-3 months to lockout after a judgment. The lawyer knows it's hard (and expensive) to collect against tenants with no assets. State and local government created a system in which cases take forever to litigate, eviction laws are extremely complex and technical, easy to dismiss cases, only one side has to pay a lawyer, and worst of all, possession enforcement takes 60-90 days instead of 5. And it's all getting worse. The leverage for the tenants is systemic. It's by design. Why would the tenants make any other offer? The landlords are left with no real options but a shitty settlement. There are no real choice. Even when you do everything right, you still lose. Tenants don't pay rent during evictions. They had no viable way to win the trial. There were no habitability issues. The landlords posted all the notices. Never raised the rent. Didn't retaliate. The landlords did everything right. And the tenants still win. The mother looked at me and asked "our base case in trial is the same as the shitty settlement offer? Are you telling me we should have taken the offer we rejected?" I didn't know how to respond.
In a rare moment, California Gov. @GavinNewsom @CAgovernor got emotional — tearing up — while announcing a major expansion of the California Service Corps. During his remarks in Sacramento alongside California Service Corps members, Newsom unveiled a push to recruit and add 10,000 paid positions focused on disaster response, education, climate action, and community projects. At one point, he paused, visibly in tears: “Weird… forgive me… This [program] is it. You want to fix all this stuff? This [program] is it," he said. Newsom called the program a path forward for a divided society: “We’re all just sitting there yelling and screaming at each other… trying to tear each other down. How are we going to get out of this? This is it… it’s so obvious what we need to do.” The effort also includes a new “Men’s Service Challenge.” CA Chief Service Officer @JoshFryday: "Here's the message from the State of California...we need you. To every young person out there, you matter...we need you to serve today." People can apply at caservicecorps.com.
We got a call from Grindr after this and said your team was their biggest users. Congrats!
Shocked this large amount of stolen wire was discovered blocks away from the sixth street bridge in downtown Los Angeles
Bill O’Reilly just returned from filming a special in San Francisco — and what he’s seeing on the ground is WORSE than anyone realizes. He described a violent third-world, illegal alien–infested drug dystopia…and says the Democrats are FULLY covering it up. O’REILLY: “You know who sells a narcotics down there in San Francisco and in Oakland?” “Honduran drug gangs who are here illegally.” “You know, protects them? The sanctuary laws of San Francisco and California.” “They strut around armed to the teeth, okay, knowing that no one on the federal level can bother them, okay?” “Because the state and the city won’t cooperate as almost every state does with joint task force, California won’t do it.” “So Honduran drug gangs in this country illegally are fueling a MASSIVE fentanyl crisis that has destroyed the city of San Francisco.” “And the mayor knows it.” “And the governor knows it.” “And Pelosi knows it.” “And Kamala Harris knows it, and they NEVER did anything about it.” “How about that for a headline?” CUOMO: “Well, I think it’s a damning headline and that’s why San Francisco has been getting crushed and Newsom has such a big burden to try to make it as the Democratic nominee.” O’REILLY: “It was once the most beautiful city in the country. I used to love to go there.” “Now, little children watch drug addicts inject themselves with needles in their neck as they walked to school.” “Now, Hondurans here illegally cut off people’s hands with machetes if they don’t pay their drug debts.” “This isn’t about narcotics. This is about massive violence.” “Meanwhile, two miles away, Nancy Pelosi is living in an $8 million house guarded by security.” “So she doesn’t have to experience any of it.”
🚨 BUSTED: Fox just EXPOSED hundreds of MILLIONS in California taxpayer healthcare FRAUD! Nick Shirley’s movement is blowing it wide open, now big networks are all over it, and Gavin Newsom is GETTING TORCHED! 0ver 76,000 claims for $600,000,000.00
Nick Shirley just Posted this Video exposing another Somali Daycare for getting shut down and REOPENING under a different name When they reopened… they got $2.4 million dollars ‘We The People’ want a REFUND. Do you firmly support Nick Shirley on this? A. Huge Yes B. No IF Yes, Give me a THUMBS-UP👍!! MAKE THIS GO VIRAL ON 𝕏. LET’S GO 👏
We cannot normalize ICE inserting itself into our daily lives. Here is a reminder: ICE agents do not belong at airports. ICE agents do not belong at polling stations. ICE agents do not belong undermining our rights and hurting our communities.
A lot has been said about migrant crime, but the data show that immigrants, both legal and illegal, are significantly less likely to be incarcerated. Check out the new research by Cato’s @AlexNowrasteh.
We cannot normalize ICE inserting itself into our daily lives. Here is a reminder: ICE agents do not belong at airports. ICE agents do not belong at polling stations. ICE agents do not belong undermining our rights and hurting our communities.
