http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-no-fault-evictions-20140413,0,2351345.story

"It was a happy time," Shashou, 77, recalled on a recent Sunday afternoon. "I was hoping to die here."

That was before Shashou received an eviction notice in March. Shashou's $825-a-month rent-controlled apartment, and 17 other units, will be demolished to make way for a pricey new apartment complex.

Such evictions have surged in Los Angeles as property owners cash in on the recovery. Rent-controlled units are being converted or simply flattened. In their place, developers are putting up new condominium or apartment buildings, modern mansions or clusters of compact, single-family homes.

The evictions — allowed by the state's Ellis Act — have exploded in San Francisco as well, accelerating a backlash against the city's tech-driven gentrification. Two legislators there have moved to limit the practice; under current law, property owners are allowed to evict if they get out of the rental business or demolish their buildings.

And then I would never, ever move out of the apartment. Nor would my kids. Nor would their kids. Nor would their kids. Etc.

Do you reproduce by cloning, or are there mortal consequences among your descendants for defying your eternal transgenerational will?

I have a problem with parents who believe their children are extensions of their own personality, instead of individuals with their own identities and minds.

I think there might be some code violation.

Neighborhoods and communities decades in the making sold off to the highest bidders.

area spanning generations BUT it's also transformed crime and drug infested areas into safe places to work, visit and live.

our one-bedroom rent-controlled apt. in Upper Manhattan in NYC a few years ago. We weren't the only ones ... that same year a neighbor ended taking $41,000 to leave his two-bedroom, but he was leaving anyway, so it was free money. My neighbor has a three-bedroom and he was offered $50,000.

That year, a one-room condo was on the market for over $350,000 ... and it went quickly. Someone printed out the listing and hung it on the front door to the building; I guess someone wasn't too pleased with the low-ball offer.

We didn't take the offer (neither did my neighbor) and someone this year was offered $50,000 to leave their rent-controlled three-room ... No adjustment for inflation ... such a cheap landlord, I don't get it because he can flip it fast for big bucks.