FYI to all Los Angeles Landlords - your eviction notices are now public information

Last year the city of Los Angeles required every single eviction notice to be filed with the city through an online portal. This has to be done before the unlawful detainer is filed but after the notice is served on the tenant.

At first it seemed like an annoying extra step, but nothing more

Since that requirement the city controller started releasing the data to the public. At first it was just the number of notices filed and the zip codes. That alone was a major warning sign. On multiple occasions I attended open court hearings in which the judges cited that data to justify extra delays in setting trial dates.

Since then, LAHD took things a step further - a full open source database on eviction notices online