Baghikian Law represents landlords and tenants throughout Southern California. Select your city below.
Los Angeles
Los Angeles County
Los Angeles has the largest and most diverse rental market in California, with millions of renters in apartment buildings ranging from pre-war courtyard units to modern high-rises across dozens of distinct neighborhoods.
Long Beach has a large renter population with a mix of older multi-family stock downtown and in North Long Beach alongside beachside apartments near Belmont Shore.
Glendale has a dense urban rental core along Brand Boulevard and Verdugo Road, with high demand from Armenian-American and Latino communities and relatively limited new supply.
Inglewood's rental market has transformed rapidly due to SoFi Stadium and the Clippers arena projects, with rising rents and significant redevelopment pressure in neighborhoods near the airport and entertainment complex.
Burbank is a media-industry hub with a mix of post-war apartments and newer developments, with renters competing heavily for units near studio lots and the Golden State Freeway corridor.
Compton has a predominantly renter-majority population in older single-family and small multi-family units, with ongoing community investment near the new Compton Courthouse revitalization area.
Huntington Park is a densely populated, predominantly Latino working-class city with aging apartment stock along Pacific Boulevard and high renter occupancy rates.
Lynwood is a small, dense city south of South Gate with a predominantly renter population in older apartment buildings, primarily covered by state AB 1482 tenant protections.
Norwalk is a suburban city in southeast LA County with a large renter population in single-family rentals and small apartment complexes, served by the Metro Green Line.
Paramount is a small industrial-residential city in southeast LA County with older apartment stock and a largely working-class renter population relying on AB 1482 for tenant protections.
Maywood is one of the smallest and most densely populated cities in LA County, with a near-total renter population in older multi-family buildings now protected by the city's 2023 rent stabilization ordinance.
Cudahy is a tiny, densely populated city south of Bell Gardens with nearly all residents renting older multi-family units, now covered by a local rent stabilization ordinance enacted in 2023.
Northridge is a large San Fernando Valley neighborhood with a dense student rental market near Cal State Northridge and established apartment corridors along Reseda and Corbin Boulevards.
Woodland Hills is an affluent west San Fernando Valley neighborhood anchored by the Warner Center business district, with newer high-rise apartments and older hillside rental stock.
Pacoima is a working-class northeast San Fernando Valley community with a high renter population in older single-family rentals and small apartment complexes, with significant Latino community presence.
Sylmar is a large, low-density northeast San Fernando Valley neighborhood bordering the San Gabriel Mountains, with a mix of single-family rentals and apartment complexes along its main commercial corridors.
Pasadena has a diverse rental market ranging from historic courtyard bungalows and craftsman flats to modern apartments near the Gold Line, with significant renter protections under a 2022 voter-approved rent stabilization charter amendment.
Santa Monica has among the strongest tenant protections in California with a long-standing elected Rent Control Board, a large stock of rent-controlled apartments from pre-1979 construction, and premium coastal rents.
Van Nuys is one of the most densely populated neighborhoods in the San Fernando Valley, with a predominantly working-class renter majority in older apartment complexes along major boulevards.
Torrance is a large South Bay city with a mix of suburban single-family rentals and older apartment complexes, primarily a homeowner-majority city with AB 1482 as the sole renter protection.
Downey is a suburban southeast LA County city with a stable rental market, aging apartment stock along Firestone Boulevard, and among the lowest vacancy rates in the region.
West Hollywood has one of California's strongest rent control ordinances protecting pre-1979 apartment stock, a 1.9-square-mile city with very high rental demand and rents well above the LA County median.
Culver City has become a tech and media hub (Amazon Studios, Apple TV+) with surging rents, a local rent stabilization ordinance protecting older tenants, and a tight rental market in its compact 5-square-mile footprint.
North Hollywood's rental market centers on the NoHo Arts District near the Metro Red Line terminus, with a mix of pre-war apartments, new transit-oriented projects, and a heavy concentration of entertainment industry workers.
Sherman Oaks is a mid-market San Fernando Valley neighborhood with high rental demand from professionals, featuring older apartment buildings near Ventura Boulevard and newer units near the 405 Freeway.
El Monte is a dense San Gabriel Valley city with a large working-class renter population in older apartments, conveniently located at major freeway interchanges with affordable rents relative to western LA County.
Pomona is the largest city in the San Gabriel Valley with a significant student population (Cal Poly Pomona nearby) and a mix of affordable older apartments and single-family rentals under a local rent stabilization ordinance.
Alhambra is a heavily Asian-American San Gabriel Valley city with strong rental demand, moderate rents compared to the Westside, and a dense older apartment stock along Main Street and Valley Boulevard.
Bell is a small, densely populated city near the LA River with a nearly all-renter population in older apartment buildings, known for its diverse working-class Latino community.
Bell Gardens is a tiny, densely built working-class city east of Huntington Park, with a predominantly renter population now protected by a local rent control ordinance enacted in 2022.
South Gate is a mid-size southeast LA County city with a large renter population in single-family and small multi-family rentals, relying solely on AB 1482 after voters rejected a local rent control measure.
Hawthorne is a South Bay city near LAX and the SpaceX campus with a dense rental market of older post-war apartments and strong demand from aerospace and tech workers, covered only by state AB 1482.
Gardena is a diverse South Bay city known for its Japanese-American community and casino card clubs, with affordable older apartment stock and AB 1482 as the sole tenant protection.
Whittier is a historically significant foothill city (birthplace of Richard Nixon) with charming Uptown districts, older craftsman rental housing, and suburban apartment complexes along Whittier Boulevard.
Pico Rivera is a suburban southeast LA County city with a predominantly Latino working-class renter population in modest single-family rentals and small apartment complexes along Washington Boulevard.
Montebello is a mid-size southeast LA County city with a stable, working-class renter base in older apartments and single-family rentals, situated between the 60 and 5 Freeways.
Reseda is a central San Fernando Valley neighborhood with a large working-class rental market in older apartment buildings, offering some of the most affordable rents in the City of LA.
Canoga Park is a west San Fernando Valley neighborhood with a mix of affordable older apartments and newer Warner Center-adjacent developments, heavily populated by working-class renters covered under the City of LA RSO.
Panorama City is a dense, predominantly Latino neighborhood in the central San Fernando Valley with aging apartment stock, one of the highest renter concentrations in the Valley, and active RSO enforcement by LAHD.