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Overwhelmed Renters Rally for Protection

LOS ANGELES-A rally organized by Acorn, the community organization for low- and moderate-income housing, was held at seven major cities throughout California yesterday. The protestors gathered on the steps of their local county courthouses, where landlord-tenant cases are heard, to decry the lack of protection for renters in the state.

By Peter Landau | Updated on April 05, 2002

LOS ANGELES-A rally organized by Acorn, the community organization for low- and moderate-income housing, was held at seven major cities throughout California yesterday. The protestors gathered on the steps of their local county courthouses, where landlord-tenant cases are heard, to decry the lack of protection for renters in the state.

A ragtag group of around 100 union supporters, family organizations and other community activists attempted to enter the County Superior Court Building, located on 110 N. Grand Ave., in the Downtown section of Los Angeles, they were stopped on the steps by the Los Angeles County Sheriffs Department. The demonstrators then proceeded to disrupt the courthouse with a mock trail. But before “Judge E. Victor” could speak, the Los Angeles Police Department cut the protestor’s power supply.

The rally continued on the steps with a message of protest broadcast through a distorted megaphone before authorities made the activists move to a shady corner besides the courthouse. An orderly but mainly emotional demonstration was delivered, with a group of disgruntled tenants paraded on stage to air their complaints about unfair housing practices.

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