Maher Commercial Realty founder Oron Maher was quoted in the LA Daily News on California’s proposed SB 1243 — a bill that would pause evictions for tenants impacted by ICE enforcement activity. For apartment building owners and renters across Los Angeles County, the downstream consequences of this legislation deserve a clear-eyed examination.
In this video, Oron Maher, Broker-Director at Maher Commercial Realty, walks through the economic chain reaction that bills like SB 1243 set in motion — and why the people this legislation is designed to protect are often the ones most exposed to its unintended consequences.
The chain reaction works like this:
1️⃣ More eviction complexity raises the cost and risk of a bad tenancy for landlords across Los Angeles.
2️⃣ Landlords respond by tightening tenant screening at the front end — turning away more applicants before a lease is ever signed.
3️⃣ More turndowns create more vacancy, tighter supply, and upward rent pressure for everyone competing for a unit in an already constrained market.
The families this bill is designed to protect are the ones most exposed to that rent pressure. As Maher told the LA Daily News directly: good intentions are not good policy.
For apartment building owners navigating an increasingly complex regulatory environment in Los Angeles County, understanding how legislation like SB 1243 affects tenant screening, vacancy risk, and exit timing is essential to making sound portfolio decisions.
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