“I stood and fought last time,” says Sally Juarez, 71, on Thursday, April 18, 2024 when her new landlord tried to evict her in 2018 from her rent-controlled Eagle Rock home she has lived in since 1978. Juarez and other tenants are preparing to fight to save their rent-stabilized units from demolition to make way for an affordable housing complex they say they won’t be able to afford to live in.
Johanna Olivares, 42, and her partner Juan Reibeling, 63, and their son Emmanuel 4, pose in their rent controlled Eagle Rock home of 20 years on Thursday, April 18, 2024. Reibeling came down with Bell’s palsy when he found out their apartment was slated for demolition to make room for a fast-tracked eight-story apartment complex they say they would not be able to afford.
Emmanuel Riebeling, and Elijah Bishop, both 4, run around their 17-unit apartment complex, which includes the original home on the Eagle Rock property, on Thursday, April 18, 2024. Their parents and other tenants are preparing to fight and save their rent-stabilized units from demolition for a fast-tracked eight-story apartment complex they say they would not be able to afford.
On Thursday, April 25, the planning department said the applicant had provided some of the missing materials but the case would remain on hold until all paperwork was completed. Jacqueline Garcia, who’s lived there nearly 16 years, said through a translator she doesn’t want to move because she’s near a bus line that takes her directly to her doctor’s office. She must see her doctor regularly because of a health condition.