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2441 Meadowvale Avenue / REAP

Council File 26-0005-S164

Under review — the Housing Committee unanimously backed removing a Meadowvale Avenue property from the city's rent-escrow enforcement program after code violations were certified as fixed. It now needs the full City Council's final vote to take effect.

Introduced
2026-09-08
Last changed
2026-09-16
CFMS file status
File open See note on file status
Expires
2028-09-16
Committee
Housing Committee
Initiated by
Los Angeles Housing Department
References
Assessor Parcel (APN): 5445-016-003Case: 823700

This is the City Clerk's status for the council file itself, not the outcome of the measure. A file often stays open after the Council has already adopted an item. The summary above reflects the latest recorded action.

Brief

The Los Angeles Housing Department initiated this file on September 8, 2026, proposing action on the property at 2441 Meadowvale Avenue (Assessor Parcel 5445-016-003) under the REAP (Real Estate Acquisition Program). The Housing Committee scheduled and approved the item on September 16, 2026. The file remains open and pending any further council action.

Full summary

The Los Angeles Housing Department is seeking City Council approval to remove the property at 2441 Meadowvale Avenue from the Rent Escrow Account Program, known as REAP. REAP is a city enforcement tool that redirects tenants' rent payments into a escrow account when a landlord fails to correct serious code violations, effectively pressuring property owners to bring buildings up to standard before they can collect full rent again. Removal from REAP signals that the underlying code violations have been resolved. According to the LAHD's September 4, 2026 report, two steps confirmed the violations were corrected: the nonprofit contractor Strategic Actions for a Just Economy provided an advisory opinion certifying completion of the required work, and the LAHD Code Enforcement Division conducted its own independent evaluation and agreed that the cited violations had been addressed. With both reviews complete, the department recommended removing the property from the program. Note that the committee report contains a discrepancy: while the council file and its title reference 2441 Meadowvale Avenue (Case No. 823700, APN 5445-016-003), the committee report's body and its resolution language refer instead to 136 East Avenue 44 (Case No. 769459, APN 5467-004-007). This appears to be a drafting error in the committee document. The Housing Committee took up the matter on September 16, 2026, and voted unanimously to recommend approval, with Councilmembers Padilla, Jurado, and Park all voting yes. The recommendation now awaits a final vote by the full City Council before the resolution removing the property from REAP becomes official.

Activity (4)

  • 2026-09-16 Housing Committee approved item(s) .
  • 2026-09-11 Housing Committee scheduled item for committee meeting on September 16, 2026.
  • 2026-09-09 Los Angeles Housing Department document(s) referred to Housing Committee.
  • 2026-09-08 Document submitted by Los Angeles Housing Department, dated September 4, 2026.

Documents (3)

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