Chase Knolls Apartments

The legal battle between Legacy Partners and the good, civic-minded Chase Knolls tenants Legacy is trying to evict is only the tip of the iceberg.

While that is the most publicized conflict, a multitude of prospective tenants (especially the poor) suffer from the affordable housing crisis on a daily basis. Because of failed government policies, fewer than 2,000 apartment units have been built annually in Los Angeles since 1992. The 1986 Tax Reform Act decimated tax incentives for investment in apartments, and California followed suit.

Meanwhile, the city of Los Angeles, through its Housing Department, has passed a series of ordinances that tell landlords they are not welcome in Los Angeles. By reversing many of these faulty laws and ordinances government can prevent future “Chase Knolls.”

VICTOR N. VIERECK

North Hollywood

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An oasis of calm, quiet and safety that we have been neighbors to for 35 years is about to be destroyed. Punishment, threats, intimidation and fear seem to be the ultimate reward for people there who lived lives as decent, hard-working citizens, fought for our country in World War II (and possibly since), and raised productive, law-abiding families. The inhabitants of Chase Knolls Garden Apartments are about to lose their homes (some of 30 to 45 years) and their way of life. We are losing part of our neighborhood’s history and heritage.

JAN FINER

Sherman Oaks