With many of L.A.’s COVID-19 renter protections now gone, evictions in 2023 have been rising well above pre-pandemic levels. Due to new rental housing regulations put in place by L.A.’s city council earlier this year, City Controller Kenneth Mejia is now able to track where those evictions are playing out across the city.

Mejia’s office released a new data set on Monday showing that Hollywood, Fairfax and Downtown L.A. have had particularly high numbers of eviction filings. And about 13% of eviction notices in the data are for amounts less than $1,534, the fair market rent for an L.A. studio apartment, raising questions about compliance with a new city tenant protection rule.

“We hope this map and analysis informs policy makers and the public about our city’s housing/eviction crisis,” Mejia tweeted, linking to the data’s release.

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