He has already proven to be an incompetent NHL team owner so no surprise that ineptitude has also translated to his radio stations!
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Kevin & Sluggo Cut At KLOS
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Maybe he’ll leave KLOS alone. Flipping KLOS would only send Merulo further down the rabbit hole. It doesn’t benefit his group to flip KLOS and then watch another radio group instantly steal the money and audience that could go to Merulo. There’s literally nothing they can do. Unless he sells
But wouldn’t they have cut the morning show loose by now too?
Morning is the one daypart left where the talent appears to be critical. People who listen to morning radio tend to want companionship over music (or at least in addition to it), and are very habit-driven.
K.M. Richards
Program Director, The Eighties Channel™
They may not go down but if you are lucky enough to be in a community that has a rent control ordinance and live in a building that it applies to, you can at least keep that major expense within the confines of Consumer Price Index changes.
I offer my own situation as a case in point: I live in a large studio apartment in the San Fernando Valley, in a building which is old enough to be regulated under the City of Los Angeles' rent stabilization ordinance. The property management company cannot raise the rent more than once per year, and then no higher than the percentage by which the CPI changed from September of the preceding year ... and even then, the City delays that implementation until June (although the landlord can still choose which month to implement ... most just do it on the anniversary month of the original lease).
When I moved in, 30 years ago, my rent was $430 per month. It is $815 as of the last increase in February. Also, being within the City limits, the electricity is via the municipal utility and not a for-profit company, which has kept rates relatively low.
It's not impossible with the right set of circumstances. The problem is finding the right scenario.
Aren't rent controlled apartments in LA mainly aimed at seniors and people who only make a certain amount of income, or not?
K.M. Richards
Program Director, The Eighties Channel™
No. The ordinance applies based on the year the building was constructed (in my case, 1957). In general, L.A.'s ordinance applies to any residential rental property built before October 1, 1978. There is also a provision to apply it to a replacement building when the original is demolished. It applies not only to the usual apartments and condominiums or townhomes offered as rental units, but also to duplexes, multiple single-family dwelling units on the same land parcel (including ADUs), hotel/motel/boarding house rooms when occupied by the same tenant for more than 30 consecutive days, and residential units attached to a commercial building.
Landlords can raise the rent on a unit to market value when a tenant either voluntarily moves out or accepts a monetary offer to vacate. Similarly, when replacement units are first offered, they can be priced at market value unless the owner made other commitments in writing to previous tenants.
However, the municipal water/power utility (LADWP) does have both low-income and senior subsidies; the former must provide ongoing proof of income but the senior discount, once approved, remains in effect until you move out (in which case you need to reapply at the new address) or die.
Oh ok thanks for explaining
One of my wife's sorority sisters has a 17th-floor apartment along the beach in Santa Monica with a stunning view of both the city and the ocean. She moved in back in the early 80s and it is rent-controlled---still under $1,000 a month.
The same floor plan, without the view, starts at $5,000 a month now.
The drawback: While they can't raise her rent above the percentages K.M. outlined, they can't kick her out and they can't refuse to lawfully maintain a habitable apartment with functioning plumbing, heating and ventilation, they don't have to do upgrades. Most of the units there have had some significant remodeling and modernization.
My wife's sorority sister and a handful of very old folks---some who moved in when the towers opened in 1965---don't get those. Her apartment is like stepping through a portal back to the mid-60s. I have no idea where the superintendent finds the parts to keep these appliances and fixtures running.
They've made buyout pitches, but she's turned them down.
They've been making it clear to her for the last 20 years that they'd love to see her relocate. She'd be crazy to.
The same floor plan, without the view, starts at $5,000 a month now.
The drawback: While they can't raise her rent above the percentages K.M. outlined, they can't kick her out and they can't refuse to lawfully maintain a habitable apartment with functioning plumbing, heating and ventilation, they don't have to do upgrades. Most of the units there have had some significant remodeling and modernization.
My wife's sorority sister and a handful of very old folks---some who moved in when the towers opened in 1965---don't get those. Her apartment is like stepping through a portal back to the mid-60s. I have no idea where the superintendent finds the parts to keep these appliances and fixtures running.
They've made buyout pitches, but she's turned them down.
They've been making it clear to her for the last 20 years that they'd love to see her relocate. She'd be crazy to.
It wasn’t rent controlled, but a roommate and I lived in a courtyard apartment that hadn’t been renovated since the early 1960s. It had a light pink tub/shower, etc. You had to wait about ten seconds after turning on the water for the black specks from the corroded pipes to stop, so you could wash your hands/shower/etc. It was $1600 a month for a one bedroom on the Peninsula as of 2015. My roommate said the building’s landlord would wait for people to move out, then remodel with all new appliances, etc. and jack the rent up.
Exact same deal. In fact, you described the color scheme of my wife's sorority sister's bathroom.
Basically, they're just waiting for the old folks who moved in when the building opened and they were in their 30s to die off. And the few of them that remain are 95+.
Our friend poses a real issue for them because she's 60. Moved in right after college, and just a few years after rent control took effect (1979).
K.M. Richards
Program Director, The Eighties Channel™
Santa Monica is well-known for having one of the best (or worst, if you are a landlord) rent control ordinances in the country.
Indeed. My next door neighbor of several years now, a very pleasant young woman, has the identical floor plan as my apartment except flipped to be a mirror image. Her rent was in the $1100 to $1200 range the last time she mentioned it in conversation.
My apartment was last painted when I moved in (except that they did repaint the bathroom after replacing the shower assembly about 15 years ago), carpet is the same as when I moved in but it was decent when new and has aged well. (Besides, I don't relish the idea of moving everything out and back in, so I don't make an issue of it.) But in recent years, when a unit goes vacant the carpeting is replaced by vinyl flooring. Apparently that is the standard now.
They did decide, a couple of years ago, that the kitchen sink plumbing needed replacing, so they did. And I am on my fourth or fifth garbage disposal. By mutual agreement, we moved the ancient gas stove out a couple of years after I moved in -- I had never used it anyway, and the gas company got so tired of me not activating service, they literally removed the meter around 1998 -- we have replaced the air conditioner wall unit three times during my tenancy.
Refrigerator is my own property and I replaced it well over a decade ago.
I have had conversations with the guy who owns the property management company and when I once mentioned how much I appreciated his keeping up with repairs even though he isn't getting full market rent from me, he said he would much rather have a reliable tenant that doesn't cause problems for him than the extra money.
Obviously, no buyout offers have ever been tendered, but I agree that she should stay put as long as she can.
Is there any correlation with employment status? I.e., are most of these listeners seeking comfort through that companionship during their morning routines and then morning drives to work -- places they would rather not be? Or is it strictly a find out how the world changed while I slept phenomenon?
Can she at least hire licensed workers to paint the interior and install new carpet or flooring? Out-of-fashion things have ways of coming back into style, and as long as she wasn't prohibited from refreshing the basics, her apartment might wind up being a very inexpensive, suddenly fashionable pad again.
They aren't allowed to buy and use their own appliances?
Why wouldn’t she just use the appliances the apartment came with, like tons of other renters do?Can she at least hire licensed workers to paint the interior and install new carpet or flooring? Out-of-fashion things have ways of coming back into style, and as long as she wasn't prohibited from refreshing the basics, her apartment might wind up being a very inexpensive, suddenly fashionable pad again.
They aren't allowed to buy and use their own appliances?
Just for features or modern advances the provided appliances lack. What if the landlord's refrigerator-freezer frosts and lacks filtered water and ice dispensers. Or the included oven being ultra-basic and lacking timers, or the washing machine not having certain cycle features you want.
I get it. Our friend has chosen to just work with what's there. Saves her the expense of purchase, maintenance and replacement of her own appliances over time.
She may also be betting that eventually, something will go beyond the ability of the super to repair it, and she'll get a new one for free.
What some people might not be familiar with is that in the mid-60s (in Southern California, anyway) "all appliances included" was not uncommon in rentals, especially larger, newer complexes.
Her building was less than 20 years old when she moved in, so picture a complex built in 2005 today. And being a high-rise literally on the beach, it was upscale from day one (1965), with high-quality fixtures and appliances (which is probably why they've survived to this day).
Does her place have a dishwasher? Ours didn't and when I moved in I asked my roommate where it was, and she said, "Look in the mirror!"
It’s been almost two years since we were there, and to be honest, I’m not sure I ever looked to see beyond that nothing had changed.
In ‘65, in a luxury apartment tower, a dishwasher would be a logical selling point.
K.M. Richards
Program Director, The Eighties Channel™
That's certainly the case more often now. When I first moved in, the air conditioner wall unit (remember, I live in a large studio apartment, so that is more than adequate) was aging; it died within five years and was replaced with a refurbished used one. That one lasted less than the original and the property management company decided it was more cost-effective to buy new units and have them last longer before needing replacement.
The new one (#3, if you're keeping track) lasted almost ten years and its replacement is only five years old now. And as a bonus, modern wall ACs come with remotes.
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