LOS ANGELES, CA — A new website launched on Friday calls out what the city controller dubs the city's 100 worst "problem" rental properties and allows Angelenos to see complaints made against properties in their own neighborhoods.
The online tool, called “Top 100 Problem Rental Properties,” compiles data on housing violations reported between December 2013 and November 2025.
The dashboard includes a searchable database of all residential addresses in Los Angeles with reported housing violation cases, a ranked list of the 100 properties with the most cases and an interactive map, according to Los Angeles City Controller Kenneth Mejia.
The most commonly cited housing violations citywide were illegal evictions, with 55,018 reported cases. Illegal rent increases accounted for 37,876 cases, followed by reduction of services complaints with 32,015 cases and harassment complaints with 24,179 cases.
The project was built using data from the Los Angeles Housing Department, Los Angeles City Planning and the Los Angeles County Assessor’s Office. Staff members also reviewed public records to identify individual owners when properties were registered under LLCs or business entities, Mejia said.
“This project comes at a time when tenants are reporting harassment and illegal evictions violating the City’s Rent Stabilization Ordinance, Just Cause for Eviction Ordinance and Tenant Anti-Harassment Ordinance, but very few of the complaints end up leading to strong enforcement or real accountability,” Mejia said in a statement.
“There has never before been an uncomplicated way for anyone to look up years’ worth of violations by address,” he said. “Our new dashboard is an easy-to-understand public tool that we hope will help renters and organizers document patterns of harm, as well as put pressure on both landlords and the city to act.”
The property with the highest number of reported housing violation cases was 636 1/2 N. Hill Place in Chinatown, with 192 recorded cases. The property has been owned by Thomas Botz since 2000, according to the controller’s office.
The second-ranked property was 11700 W. Wilshire Blvd. in Brentwood, with 166 reported cases. The property has been owned by Jordan L. Kaplan since 2001, according to Mejia's office.
Third on the list was 6650 W. Forest Lawn Drive in the San Fernando Valley, which accumulated 113 reported cases. Ownership records listed Jerry Speyer, Rob Speyer, Mark Walsh and R. Scot Sellers from 2007 to 2013, followed by Benjamin W. Shall from 2013 to the present, according to Mejia's office.
The dashboard also includes data on Rent Stabilization Ordinance and Just Cause Ordinance violations, the number of cited code violations, violations cleared and property ownership information.
Mejia said the tool is intended to increase transparency and accountability in the city’s rental housing market as tenants continue to report housing-related abuses.
The dashboard is available here.
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