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Amid the city’s homelessness crisis, a Capital & Main and ProPublica investigation found, some landlords have turned buildings meant for low-cost housing into tourist hotels.

The city of North Bend will not take stronger actions to limit smoking in city parks after the council discussed the issue last week.

The city of North Bend is looking at the possibility of building tiny homes as a means of easing the need for more middle-income housing.

The Los Angeles County Department of Consumer and Business Affairs joins the L.A. Renters Right to Counsel Coalition to commend the vote by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors to move forward with a motion that will guarantee tenants the right to an attorney in eviction proceedings.

The LA Housing Department says it will inspect and monitor all 21 residential hotels identified by ProPublica and Capital & Main as being rented to tourists in apparent violation of a city housing ordinance.

L.A. County supervisors say they want to make sure all tenants facing eviction in unincorporated parts of the county have legal representation.

L.A. County supervisors say they want to make sure all tenants facing eviction in unincorporated parts of the county have legal representation.

The most important stories for you to know today

Fifteen years ago Los Angeles passed a law to preserve residential hotels as housing of last resort. Now, amid the homelessness crisis, Capital & Main and ProPublica found some hotels may be violating that law by offering rooms to tourists.

The most important stories for you to know today