Lili Bosse – Renters Alliance

History of the Beverly Hills Rent Subsidy

April 1, 2023June 18, 2023 Mark Elliot Helen Morales, Julian Gold, Lili Bosse, qualified tenant subsidy

Beverly Hills approved a $1M rent subsidy to tenants in the first year of the pandemic to provide up to $1,000 per month for a maximum of three months to an eligible rent-stabilized household. Restrictions on eligibility meant that only one hundred households saw rent relief. Council then proposed a second round subsidy to disburse the balance of program funds but could not come to agreement on a framework for the subsidy or eligibility criteria. That was nearly a year ago and in the meanwhile tenants have asked, What happened to the rent subsidy? We went back in time to document exactly where this program went off the rails.

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What You Need to Know About the Cheval Blanc Hotel Petition

December 17, 2022July 5, 2024 Mark Elliot Cheval Blanc, John Mirisch, Lili Bosse

In November City Council granted approvals for the Cheval Blanc hotel which is proposed to span four parcels between North Beverly Drive and Rodeo Drive south of Santa Monica Boulevard. Four buildings including the former Paley Museum would be replaced by one structure rising nine floors with 115 hotel rooms at an anticipated room rate of $2,000 as befits a luxury hotel with restaurants and a private club (the penthouse asks $30,000 nightly). It’s not a done deal, however, because a petition is circulating to send this project to the voters in a referendum with a Monday deadline. Sign or not sign?

Commentary

Term Limits for Beverly Hills: Why the Hurry?

February 19, 2021February 21, 2021 Mark Elliot John Mirisch, Julian Gold, Lester Friedman, Lili Bosse, Nancy Krasne, Robert Tanenbaum, Robert Wunderlich, term limits

Beverly Hills city councilmember John Mirisch has stood out as a champion of new ideas. He wants the city to provide land so that nonprofits can build senior housing. He wants developers to set aside one in every five new dwelling units as permanently affordable. He favors city hall transparency and disfavors city hall inefficiency. He will always hold Metro’s feet to the fire. So why do his fellow councilmembers want to kick him off the island?

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Beverly Hills Earns an ‘A’ Grade in This Coronavirus Crisis

March 26, 2020July 5, 2024 Mark Elliot COVID-19, John Mirisch, Keith Sterling, Lili Bosse

Coronavirus has challenged local governments in a way that no public health emergency has before. We see a cascade of executive orders and urgency ordinances that have shuttered businesses, prohibited gatherings and tried to cushion the impact of an economic shutdown in response to this insidious threat. The most surprising: a sweeping embrace of the eviction moratorium. Beverly Hills Mayor John Mirisch has ensured that our city was among the earliest in the Southland to step up with one. He deserves an ‘A’ grade in a crisis.

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Renters Alliance Endorses Lili Bosse

February 6, 2020March 3, 2020 Mark Elliot Election 2020, Lili Bosse

Vote by mail ballots for the March 3rd city council election became available this week so it seems like a good time to announce our endorsement. Renters Alliance enthusiastically supports incumbent Lili Bosse for Beverly Hills city council. She has served our city well as planning and traffic commissioner and now, after two terms on city council, she has earned our support. Residents who rent housing in particular will know that Bosse has been there when we needed her. We feel that in this election there is simply no better choice than Lili Bosse, who recognizes the value, and the concerns, of those who rent in our city.

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Candidates Kick-Off Election Season!

January 11, 2020July 5, 2022 Mark Elliot Election 2020, Julian Gold, Lili Bosse, Lori Greene Gordon

Candidates Julian Gold, Lili Bosse and Lori Greene Gordon kicked-off their campaigns at 11 a.m., noon and 12:30 p.m respectively. (The other two candidates on the ballot did not hold a kick-off event.) Tightly-scheduled and even overlapping campaign events are the rule for these kick-offs and thankfully they are often in the flats so the only challenge is to time one’s arrival with time to graze, catch the speech and then move on.

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Who to Watch in the Beverly Hills City Council Election

October 24, 2019July 5, 2024 Mark Elliot Campaign 2020, Farshid 'Joe' Shooshani, Julian Gold, Lili Bosse, Lori Greene Gordon

Beverly Hills voters will elect two councilmembers at our upcoming municipal election scheduled for Tuesday, March 3, 2020. For residents who rent this is an important election. Because the rent stabilization ordinance has yet to be finalized, the incoming councilmembers will have real influence over key aspects like the allowed annual rent increase and relocation fees and more. But many other aspects of rental housing regulation are affected too. It is crucial we have a city council that is supportive of tenants’ interests. After all we are more than half of all city households! Here is a look at the announced candidates.

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Double Funding for Bet Tzedek Legal Services for Tenants!

July 18, 2019April 18, 2023 Mark Elliot Bet Tzedek, housing rights legal services, Human Relations Commission, James Latta, Julian Gold, Lili Bosse, Sonia Berman

Housing rights legal services provider Bet Tzedek starts the new fiscal year with a 100% bump-up in funding to provide more extensive tenant and senior housing legal services to Beverly Hills residents. Great news because eviction actions are on the rise. But the funding almost didn’t happen when City Council balked at spending $220,000. Cedars Sinai stepped in to save the day with a one-time matching grant.

City Council celebrates the end of no-just-cause termination

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Beverly Hills Ends No-Just-Cause Eviction

October 22, 2018June 22, 2019 Mark Elliot John Mirisch, Lili Bosse, no-just-cause eviction

Beverly Hills City Council has ended no-just-cause eviction for residents in rental housing in the city. Council repealed this ‘original sin’ of our rent stabilization ordinance at RSO study session #2 using an urgency ordinance that took effect immediately. This is a three-decades in-the-making victory!

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RSO Study Session #1: Council Gets to Work!

October 16, 2018June 22, 2019 Mark Elliot duplex exemption, John Mirisch, Julian Gold, Lester Friedman, Lili Bosse, max increase, recap, rent banking, Rent Stabilization Program, Robert Wunderlich, RSO study session

City Council held its first rent stabilization ‘study session’ last Thursday. This is the latest step in a 18-month policy process to amend the rent stabilization ordinance. The session suggested what a final rent stabilization ordinance might look like: relocation fee schedule, exempted properties and more. However key issues — and the process itself — is still up for negotiation!

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Mayor Lili Bosse Has Been There for Tenants

March 18, 2018July 5, 2024 Mark Elliot Lili Bosse

Councilmember Lili Bosse closes out her year as Mayor next week when City Council chooses the next Mayor and Vice Mayor on March 20th at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. As we look ahead to our next Council leaders, Gold and Mirsch, I want to thank Mayor Bosse for her support on behalf of tenants.

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My Landlord is Asking for an Estoppel. Need I Sign It?

July 16, 2024July 29, 2024 Mark Elliot

An estoppel certificate is a legal document that simply establishes the terms and status of a rental agreement (or lease) for a third party like a prospective buyer. Typically a tenant is asked to complete an estoppel when purchase negotiations advance and that request may come from the current owner or an agent working on behalf of a prospective buyer. It is nothing to fear; it is a standard step in the sale of real property. In any case the lease or rental agreement may require the tenant to complete it. When presented with an estoppel to complete and sign you may have questions. Here is what you need to know.

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