On September 24, 2025, we posted an alert covering the basics of HB25-1090 (the “Bill”), which prohibits charging residential tenants hidden or “junk fees” and promotes transparency, disclosure, and ...

Tenants of two LA apartment buildings are expanding their campaign against a widely-used utility billing system that they allege has more than doubled fees for necessities like water and trash. For ...

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A group of residents of an Equity Residential building in Los Angeles have had $25K returned to them by their landlord after they went on a monthslong utility fee strike over a utility billing system.