On 9/8/20, Carl Jarvis <carjar82@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I'm guessing that this is an article written by Joshua Levine, not one
written about him. But whether or not, what we don't learn is the
thought process of the Landlord. A renter who always pays on time,
and seemingly is following all the rules, living in LA, where people
are being evicted by the scores. For me, the real story is the reason
the Landlord is using in order to evict. And in 3 days! How does
anyone find a new residence, pack and move in 3 days? That's actually
worse than the ACB shutting down their Chat List, effectively at once.
At least no one was left homeless.
Carl Jarvis, still grumping over the ACB's abrupt, no reason, no
discussion Closure.
On 9/8/20, Miriam Vieni <miriamvieni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
From: Yasha Levine <yasha@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, September 7, 2020 11:58 PM
To: miriamvieni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: "Three-Day Notice"
On Thursday evening our friend found a piece of paper taped to our front
door.
"Three-Day Notice"
On Thursday evening our friend found a piece of paper taped to our front
door.
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Yasha Levine
Sep 8
A few weeks ago, I wrote that our landlord is probably going to try to
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evict us from our apartment in Los Angeles — despite us paying rent on
time,
despite us being clearly protected by existing tenant law, despite the
pandemic, and despite all the various eviction moratoriums that are
supposed
to be in place on the federal, state, and local levels.
Well, looks like we’re now one step closer to that happening.
On Thursday night our friend Rowan found a piece of paper taped to our
front
door. It was a “three-day notice” from our landlord. It told us we have,
yep, three days to get the fuck out of the apartment. Three days. Well,
it’s
actually three workdays, which means Wednesday — the day after tomorrow.
We’re in a pandemic and in the middle of a national economic collapse.
We’re
ringed by fires, breathing toxic smoke, and dealing with record-breaking
115º heat in September — heat so brutal that three A/Cs going full-blast
at
10pm barely move the needle. What a great time to learn that you landlord
really is dead serious about kicking you to the curb for no other reason
than he feels like it.
And why not? Even with tenant-friendly laws on the books, everything is
skewed in the landlord’s favor.
So we’re talking to an attorney about what our next steps are. It’s
almost
certain that we’ll have to go through the courts: He’s gonna officially
file
for eviction at some point very soon and we’ll have to fight for our
rights.
The good thing is that the city’s strong rent control law is on our side,
but who knows how it’ll actually play out. Eviction courts have just
opened
up in Los Angeles and California. Fighting a case during a pandemic with
millions of people out of work and behind on rent? One thing’s for sure:
it’s gonna cost us money — money that we don’t have. It’ll be a bleak and
nerve-wracking process, and in the end there is no guarantee that justice
prevail. And what will justice look like for us? The best-case scenario
is
that we win the right to keep paying him money for rent. That’s it.
That’s
tenant justice.
I’ll write more as our situation develops, but we’re obviously not the
only
ones facing an eviction in the middle of a pandemic — and we’re better
off
than most.
The thing that most don’t realize is that the various eviction
moratoriums
that have been thrown up around the country are full of giant loopholes —
and that
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includes Donald Trump’s federal eviction moratorium that just went into
effect.
Landlords might not be able to evict people for not paying rent because
of
COVID-related reasons, but nothing stops them from evicting people for
reasons that aren’t protected by the various eviction moratoriums. As new
reporting is starting to show, these “loopholes” can involve just about
any
alleged lease violation — stuff like too many noise complains,
unauthorized
repairs, or whatever a landlord thinks they can make stick. And it
doesn’t
matter if the reason is real or not. A tenant still has to defend
themselves
in court, no matter how bogus the landlord’s claims may be. And
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the sad fact is that most never get that far. People get scared and
self-evict, don’t know their rights, can’t afford legal help or don’t
know
where to get it, or simply never show up to court and get booted
automatically by a judge in absentia. If they do fight, well, the judge
might side with them and let them stay in their apartment. But that’ll be
the extent of their victory. They’ll be back to square one, having spent
money and energy and nerves. So it’s in the landlord’s interest to work
the
loopholes. The odds are on their side, and they get no real penalty for
trying.
It’s all very depressing.
Want to see America’s Landlord First bleakness in all its glory? Then
check
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out this recent news segment where a CNN reporter embeds with a local cop
as
he makes the rounds to do evictions in Houston. The cop says he feels bad
about forcing families out on the street, But hey, “he’s just following
orders.” Meanwhile, a mover hired to throw an old lady out of her
apartment
weeps all the way through his job. He doesn’t want to do it, but has no
choice. He has to feed his family and pay the rent. “We never know. Today
it’s her. Tomorrow it’s me,” he says, fighting back tears.
Forced to do morally repugnant work while your family is held hostage at
gunpoint. A nice clear example of violent coerced labor right here in
America. So the next time some liberal complains about the
totalitarianism
or whatever in China or Venezuela and says “we need to do
something”...show
them Francisco Munoz’s tears.
—Yasha Levine
This is a free letter.
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