@malwaretech ANAL but tenant protections vary per city/county really. Cursory search shows that LA and adjacent areas have a couple of departments to deal with that (LA housing department and others).
Anecdotally in San Francisco the rent board (https://www.sf.gov/departments/rent-board) regulates these situations and orgs like the tenants union (https://sftu.org/) offer free consultation
Anecdotally in San Francisco the rent board (https://www.sf.gov/departments/rent-board) regulates these situations and orgs like the tenants union (https://sftu.org/) offer free consultation