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Support for LAist comes fromWe Explain L.A.Stay ConnectedLAist is part of Southern California Public Radio (SCPR), a member-supported public media network. Hear our news on-air at our partner site:Our top stories delivered weeknightsShare ThisStories like these are only possible with your help!You have the power to keep local news strong for the coming months. Your financial support today keeps our reporters ready to meet the needs of our city. Thank you for investing in your community.Sign up for How To LA, delivered weekday mornings.Our news is free on LAist. To make sure you get our coverage: . To support our non-profit public service journalism: Donate Now.The Los Angeles City Council voted Wednesday to create a program to help people pay their rent during the COVID-19 pandemic.Initially set up with $2.2 million, the fund is for "families that are already struggling to pay their rent, and are living paycheck to paycheck," said Council President Nury Martinez, who co-sponsored the motion with Councilman Herb Wesson.Support for LAist comes fromfrom the city's housing department lays out the details of the fund:Based on an estimate from the city housing department, the $2.2 million could help several hundred families.DON'T MISS ANY L.A. CORONAVIRUS NEWSGet our daily newsletters for the latest on COVID-19 and other top local headlines.andWith massive gains in unemployment and , there could be intense demand for the help, the city distributed earlier this month.The fund is modeled after a similar one the city set up last year to assist tenants who saw rent hikes before a statewide rent control law took effect.Martinez' staff told us the initial $2.2 million came from her office, Wesson's office and Councilman Mitch O'Farrell's office.OTHER TENANT PROTECTION MEASURES FAILSupport for LAist comes fromThe council considered a number of other items related to rental housing on Wednesday.Motions introduced by councilmembers Mike Bonin and David Ryu, designed to protect vulnerable tenants, sparked a contentious back-and-forth with other councilmembers and city staff. One motion would have strengthened eviction protections, including prohibiting serving notices and utility shutoffs.Councilmember Mike Bonin called the motions an effort to halt "a tidal wave of eviction proceedings," but other councilmembers argued the motions went beyond the city's legal authority. So did Chief Assistant City Attorney David Michaelson, who repeatedly told the council he was calling "balls and strikes" and that the legislation would not survive a legal challenge.That motion failed in a 7 to 6 vote, .A second motion introduced by Bonin and Ryu would have sought to freeze rents across the city. The Times reported that the council rejected that effort, but did extend a freeze on rent hikes in the city's rent stabilized housing.UPDATES:10:51 a.m.: This article was updated to reflect a rounding up to $2.2 million of the $2.15 million appropriated for the rental assistance fund.

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