07/31/2026
Hollywood belongs to tenants! In the heat of summer, the Hollywood Local of the L.A. Tenants Union organized an outreach stroll around central Hollywood. Anchoring the outreach effort was Hollywood’s first “Really Really Free Market,” offering free food, haircuts, harm reduction supplies, bike tune-ups, books, clothes, and more.
The stroll along Franklin Ave included visits to four sites where the Hollywood Local has accompanied tenants in organizing with neighbors. We heard testimonies from Local members living in the transitional housing facility at the Highland Gardens Hotel. We were greeted by residents of the senior supported housing building at the Montecito II. We met tenants of the hundred-year old Chateau des Fleurs Apartments. And we heard testimonies from members of the tenant association on Grace Avenue.
The stroll continued on its way through the neighborhood passing out information and meeting neighbors along the way. With our voices ringing down the streets, the message was clear; tenants in Hollywood are here to stay!! We won’t be intimidated by landlords, developers, or ICE!
Our march through Hollywood ended where it began at the Dorothy J. & Benjamin Smith Park on Franklin Ave where volunteers had set up canopies and tables for the “Really Really Free Market” complete with music by Jack Kovacs. Like the march, the market proved an excellent way to meet neighbors, introduce people to the L.A. Tenants Union, and spread the word that for nearly ten years the Hollywood Local has been organizing tenants, housed and unhoused, block by block.
Come out to the next community meeting of the Hollywood Local on Monday, August 10 at 7pm at Blessed Sacrament Church at 6641 Sunset Blvd, Room 108, Hollywood, CA 90028. LATU builds tenant power! ¡Solo el pueblo salva al pueblo!
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