B6 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2019 LATIMES.COM
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HighTemps –0 0s 10s 20s 30s 40s 50s 60s 70s 80s 90s 100+ Rain T-storm Snow IceTaken at 3 p.m. WednesdayVENTURA CO.LOS ANGELES CO.RIVERSIDE CO.SAN BERNARDINO CO.SANTA
BARBARA CO.Good Moderate Unhealthful for: Sensitive people All Not Available
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High/low temperatures are average forecasts for entire zone.
L.A. Basin Valleys Beaches Mountains DesertsU.S. cities
Surf and sea
Santa Barbara Co.
Height Period DirectionHeight Period DirectionHeight Period DirectionHeight Period DirectionHeight Period DirectionVentura Co.Los Angeles Co.Orange Co.San Diego Co.POINT CONCEPTION TO MEXICOWind speed in knots; wave heights in feet/intervals in seconds;
temperatures for sea/airCalifornia cities
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UV index
Sun and moon
City Hi Lo Prcp. Hi Lo Hi Lo City Hi Lo Prcp. Hi Lo Hi Lo City Hi Lo Prcp. Hi Lo Hi LoStation Time Wind Waves TempL.A. Outer Harbor, in feet.Wednesday downtown readingsMinutes to burn for
sensitive peopleTemperature Los Angeles Fullerton Ventura Today’s rise/setFull MoonLast QuarterNew MoonFirst QuarterNov. 19Nov. 26Nov. 12Los Angeles County Nov. 4Orange CountyVentura CountyCity Hi Lo Prcp. Hi Lo SkyWorld
Key:Susunny;Pcpartly cloudy;Cycloudy;Fg
foggy;Prcpprecipitation;Drdrizzle;Hz;hazy
Shshowers;Tsthunderstorms;Rrain;Snsnow;
Sfsnow flurries;Iice;Rsrain/snow;Wwindy;
Trtrace.Notes:National extremes are for NWS
stations; excludes Alaska and Hawaii.
Missing data indicated by “xx”.Santa
Barbara
VenturaOxnardOjaiCamarilloSanta PaulaWestlake
Village Woodland
Hills
Santa MonicaTorranceLong
Beach Newport
BeachSanta AnaLaguna
Beach San
ClementeMission ViejoIrvineOceansideEscondidoPowayRamonaSan DiegoTemeculaHemet Palm
SpringsFullertonChino
RiversideOntarioPomona/
Fairplex San BernardinoYucca ValleyHesperiaWhittier
HillsLA DowntownUCLASimi Valley
ChatsworthBurbank
MonroviaSanta ClaritaAnaheim 73 54 -- 83 48 83 47
Avalon/Catalina 74 51 -- 69 61 71 61
Bakersfield 70 45 -- 71 39 73 40
Barstow 57 35 -- 64 32 72 38
Beaumont 59 43 -- 71 41 77 43
Big Bear Lake 45 25 -- 55 26 61 24
Bishop 54 16 -- 65 26 71 30
Burbank 74 49 -- 78 45 81 47
Camarillo 73 49 -- 80 48 79 44
Chatsworth 64 52 -- 76 47 81 50
Chino 72 48 -- 81 39 83 41
Dana Point 76 38 -- 74 47 74 48
Death Valley 66 49 -- 73 42 82 47
Del Mar 80 53 -- 74 48 73 49
Escondido 77 49 -- 81 42 81 43
Eureka 65 34 -- 60 37 58 41
Fallbrook 78 54 -- 80 39 80 40
Fillmore 65 51 -- 78 47 82 50
Fresno 69 43 -- 70 41 73 43
Fullerton 76 50 -- 83 48 83 48
Hemet 69 39 -- 76 38 81 42
Hesperia 54 36 -- 65 28 71 35
Huntington Beach 77 49 -- 78 51 77 52
Idyllwild 59 35 -- 59 42 67 46
Irvine 76 52 -- 80 48 79 50
L.A. D’ntown/USC77 55 -- 79 51 81 54
L.A. Int’l. Airport 79 55 -- 78 51 79 52Laguna Beach 80 47 -- 75 52 74 55
Lancaster 56 27 -- 65 20 70 24
Long Beach 77 53 -- 81 49 80 50
Mammoth Lakes 47 6 -- 59 16 62 19
Mission Viejo 76 49 -- 80 50 79 52
Monrovia 75 50 -- 73 51 76 53
Monterey 73 40 -- 72 44 67 46
Mt. Wilson 56 38 -- 65 40 69 42
Needles 60 44 -- 70 42 78 49
Newport Beach 73 60 -- 77 52 74 53
Northridge 65 49 -- 78 48 83 52
Oakland 71 47 -- 73 42 69 42
Oceanside 81 45 -- 80 30 79 31
Ojai 79 34 -- 76 46 80 50
Ontario 72 55 -- 78 46 83 49
Oxnard 72 51 -- 77 48 75 49
Palm Springs 70 55 -- 76 47 82 51
Pasadena 75 51 -- 78 49 81 53
Paso Robles 75 32 -- 76 27 78 29
Pomona/Fairplex 72 47 -- 79 45 82 47
Poway 77 46 -- 80 45 79 46
Redding 71 48 -- 77 42 80 42
Rialto 63 51 -- 76 47 81 48
Riverside 68 50 -- 76 36 80 37Sacramento 70 43 -- 73 35 73 37
San Bernardino 72 45 -- 77 43 82 47
San Clemente Pier 78 57 -- 75 45 75 46
San Diego 80 55 -- 77 49 76 50
San Francisco 69 51 -- 72 47 69 47
San Gabriel 74 49 -- 80 49 83 53
San Jose 71 42 -- 75 43 75 44
San Luis Obispo 77 37 -- 77 41 80 39
Santa Ana 80 55 -- 81 50 79 54
Santa Barbara 74 42 -- 74 36 75 41
Santa Clarita 61 51 -- 73 46 80 49
Santa Monica Pier 76 52 -- 77 48 77 50
Santa Paula 62 48 -- 78 47 82 49
Santa Rosa 74 27 -- 76 32 77 34
Simi Valley 64 54 -- 75 46 82 47
Tahoe Valley 48 9 -- 57 17 58 21
Temecula 70 47 -- 79 36 82 39
Thousand Oaks 64 54 -- 77 49 80 51
Torrance 73 52 -- 79 47 79 48
UCLA 74 55 -- 78 50 79 51
Van Nuys 68 50 -- 78 47 82 49
Ventura 70 53 -- 74 52 74 52
Whittier Hills 76 46 -- 81 50 82 51
Woodland Hills 66 46 -- 80 47 84 51
Wrightwood 39 27 -- 55 35 61 37
Yorba Linda 72 51 -- 80 48 82 47
Yosemite Valley 62 29 -- 67 40 71 44Windy:Strong Santa Ana winds with red-flag warnings and critically high fire danger will continue
today, then gradually diminish through tonight as high pressure in the Great Basin weakens. Breezy
conditions with single-digit humidity will persist Friday and Saturday. Some of the coldest valleys will
see subfreezing temperatures on Saturday morning.Sunny 81/
Sunny 82/
Sunny 80/
Sunny 76/Sunny 80/
Sunny 83/
Sunny 81/
Sunny 77/Sunny 77/
Sunny 78/
Sunny 75/
Sunny 73/Sunny 61/
Sunny 60/
Sunny 60/
Sunny 61/Sunny 82/
Sunny 84/
Sunny 87/
Sunny 85/Sunny High fire danger Sunny High fire danger SunnyLos Angeles Basin:Sunny,
windyanddry.Clearand
breezy tonight. Sunny with
less wind on Friday.
Valleys/canyons:Sunny,
windyanddry.Clearand
breezy tonight. Sunny with
less wind on Friday.
Orange County:Sunny,
windyanddry.Clearandbreezy tonight. Sunny with
less wind on Friday.
Ventura/Santa Barbara:
Clear and breezy today and
tonight. Sunny on Friday.
San Diego County:Sunny
with gusty winds in the
valleys and mountains.
Clear and cool with
diminishing winds tonight.Sunny on Friday.
Local mountains:Sunny
and windy with extremely
high fire danger. Clear and
breezy tonight. Sunny with
less wind on Friday.
High desert:Sunny with
freezing temperatures early.
Clear and cold with a freeze
possible tonight. Sunny andwarmer Friday.
Low desert:Clear and
breezy today and tonight.
Sunny and warmer on
Friday.
San Francisco Bay Area:
Sunny and breezy. Clear
and cool with less wind
tonight. Sunny on Friday.Friday
Saturday
Sunday
MondayTodayHalloween storm:Rain and thunderstorms will drench much of the
East and snow will fall on parts of the Great Lakes and Midwest.
Strengthening winds in many of these areas may be locally
damaging. Snow showers will return to the northern Rockies.High95 in Jacksonville, Fla.
Low–46 in Peter Sinks, UtahInnerwaters:NE winds 20-30 knots,
decreasing to 10-15 knots. Combined
seas averaging 3-5 feet.
Surf zone:The potential for strong rip
currents is moderate, except at beaches
in San Diego and southern Santa Barba-
ra counties, where it is low.
Morro Bay 4p NE15 4/14 59/
Santa Barbara 4p N10 1/14 64/
Ventura 4p NE20 1/14 64/
Zuma Beach 4p NE25 1/14 64/
Marina del Rey 4p NE10 1/14 65/
Hermosa Beach 4p N10 1/14 65/
Cabrillo Beach 4p NNE10 1/14 66/
Hunt’n. Beach 4p NE10 1/14 67/
Newport Beach 4p NE10 1/14 67/
Dana Point 4p ENE15 1/14 66/
San Clemente 4p NE15 1/14 66/
Oceanside 4p NE10 1/14 66/
Solana Beach 4p E10 1/14 66/
Mission Beach 4p WNW10 1/14 66/
Avalon 4p ENE10 1/14 65/High/low 77/55 76/50 70/
High/low a year ago 74/61 78/61 73/
Normal high/low for date 77/56 76/54 73/
Record high/date 99/1939 93/1999 92/
Record low/date 41/1971 48/2004 37/24-hour total (as of 4 p.m.) 0.00 0.00 0.
Season total (since Oct. 1) 0.00 0.00 0.
Last season (Oct. 1 to date) 0.57 0.85 0.
Season norm (Oct. 1 to date) 0.63 0.74 0.
Humidity (high/low) 74/4 82/3 71/Wed. Today Friday Wed. Today FridayWednesday TodayWed. Today FridayForecasts provided by
AccuWeather, Inc.©Today12:25a 4.1 Hi 5:13a 2.3 Lo
11:29a 6.0 Hi 6:52p -0.2 Lo
Fri. 1:38a 3.8 Hi 5:55a 2.8 Lo
12:13p 5.5 Hi 7:56p 0.2 LoPrecipitationSun 7:11a/6:02p
Moon 10:57a/9:09pSun 7:10a/6:01p
Moon 10:55a/9:08pSun 7:16a/6:05p
Moon 11:01a/9:13pLas Vegas, 45
Los Angeles, 45
Phoenix, 45
San Francisco, 45Albuquerque 51 28 -- 50 26 Su
Amarillo 28 25 Tr 55 30 Su
Anchorage 51 43 .16 43 38 Sh
Atlanta 73 66 .73 72 35 Ts
Atlantic City 65 60 .11 71 49 W
Austin 50 46 .01 57 29 Su
Baltimore 67 53 .15 75 45 R
Billings 27 9 -- 40 25 Cy
Birmingham 74 64 2.84 68 33 R
Boise 41 17 -- 45 22 Pc
Boston 64 55 .08 69 57 R
Brownsville 90 77 Tr 57 47 W
Buffalo 56 48 .04 63 38 R
Burlington, Vt. 66 54 -- 66 47 R
Casper 19 -9 -- 32 21 Su
Charleston, S.C. 81 66 Tr 84 51 Cy
Charleston, W.Va. 64 52 .21 70 33 R
Charlotte 69 64 .61 79 39 Ts
Chicago 41 32 .50 36 23 R
Cincinnati 59 48 .60 56 28 R
Cleveland 60 52 .40 63 36 R
Colo. Springs 13 5 .09 45 27 Su
Columbia, S.C. 73 65 .03 85 43 Cy
Columbus 59 45 .58 62 30 R
Concord, N.H. 60 50 .01 67 53 R
Dallas/Ft.Worth 44 42 .76 52 31 Su
Denver 19 3 .08 45 21 Su
Des Moines 33 32 .04 41 26 Pc
Detroit 46 42 .33 51 34 R
Duluth 33 19 Tr 38 25 Su
El Paso 66 52 -- 59 35 Su
Eugene 52 24 -- 56 29 Su
Fairbanks 34 26 .05 30 22 Cy
Fargo 28 18 Tr 42 31 Su
Flagstaff 34 15 -- 50 15 Su
Grand Junction 29 8 Tr 38 14 Su
Grand Rapids 41 34 .38 41 30 R
Green Bay 40 28 .01 39 23 Sn
Hartford 64 56 .09 69 52 R
Helena 292-- 3620Cy
Honolulu 87 73 .07 87 73 Ts
Houston 69 61 .13 55 35 Pc
Indianapolis 49 45 .12 45 25 R
Jacksonville, Fla. 88 70 .14 89 56 Pc
Kansas City 35 33 .09 41 27 Pc
Las Vegas 53 36 -- 61 38 Su
Little Rock 55 53 2.26 49 29 Pc
Louisville 61 55 1.04 55 29 R
Medford 65 26 -- 63 30 Su
Memphis 65 56 1.51 45 31 R
Miami 89 81 Tr 89 76 Pc
Milwaukee 41 31 .04 37 24 Sn
Minneapolis 36 23 -- 39 28 Su
Nashville 72 56 .65 54 29 Sh
New Orleans 85 70 .55 60 43 Ts
New York 63 58 .02 71 52 R
Oklahoma City 37 33 .73 49 28 Su
Omaha 35 27 Tr 44 30 Pc
Orlando 91 76 -- 91 71 Pc
Philadelphia 65 58 .02 73 47 R
Phoenix 70 53 -- 77 48 Su
Pittsburgh 63 47 .27 66 35 R
Portland, Maine 62 51 -- 64 57 R
Portland, Ore. 54 31 -- 53 33 Pc
Providence 65 50 .18 69 53 R
Pueblo 22 12 .20 43 19 Su
Raleigh 68 62 .35 80 43 Cy
Rapid City 31 -1 -- 48 28 Su
Reno 46 21 -- 57 26 Su
Richmond 66 56 .11 78 45 Cy
St. Louis 41 37 1.10 37 29 Sf
Salt Lake City 34 14 -- 42 25 Su
San Antonio 53 49 .01 58 34 Su
San Juan, P.R. 88 79 .02 86 77 Su
Santa Fe 38 21 -- 49 20 Su
Seattle 53 33 -- 52 37 PcSpokane 38 17 -- 41 21 Su
Springfield, Mo. 39 36 .90 40 25 Pc
Tallahassee 83 71 -- 84 44 Pc
Tampa 88 76 .02 87 70 Pc
Tucson 69 44 -- 75 46 Su
Tulsa 39 36 .70 47 30 Su
Washington, D.C. 67 60 .16 76 48 R
Wichita 35 34 .02 48 28 Pc
Yuma 67 54 -- 73 44 SuAcapulco 91 77 .20 86 77 Ts
Amsterdam 50 36 -- 48 36 Pc
Athens 76 55 -- 72 61 Ts
Baghdad 79 62 -- 79 56 Su
Bangkok 91 81 -- 92 76 Hz
Barbados 88 79 .10 88 80 Sh
Beijing 71 40 -- 73 42 Hz
Berlin 49 30 -- 45 28 Su
Buenos Aires 72 61 -- 71 60 Su
Cabo San Lucas 82 64 -- 87 70 Su
Cairo 81 66 -- 81 62 Su
Calgary 48 14 -- 39 21 Pc
Cancun 88 77 .12 87 76 Ts
Copenhagen 48 28 .12 49 41 Pc
Dublin 52 46 Tr 53 51 R
Edinburgh 50 34 .03 49 40 Cy
Frankfurt 48 36 -- 48 32 Su
Geneva 56 51 .06 56 50 R
Havana 90 72 -- 88 72 Pc
Ho Chi Minh City 93 79 .07 89 76 Ts
Hong Kong 81 69 -- 82 75 Cy
Istanbul 68 54 -- 66 57 Cy
Jerusalem 72 58 -- 71 59 Su
Johannesburg 78 50 -- 79 58 Ts
Kabul 68 48 -- 67 48 Pc
Kingston 90 79 -- 88 75 Pc
London 55 46 -- 53 49 Cy
Madrid 66 48 .02 71 54 Cy
Manila 90 78 -- 91 79 Ts
Mecca 98 72 -- 98 72 Su
Mexico City 74 57 .30 64 49 Ts
Montreal 59 54 .04 60 40 R
Moscow 31 30 .39 29 24 Cy
Mumbai 95 81 .08 93 79 Hz
New Delhi 87 72 -- 90 68 Hz
Oslo 39 23 -- 43 27 Pc
Paris 50 45 .20 55 49 Cy
Rio de Janeiro 88 77 .02 91 76 Pc
Rome 72 55 .03 71 56 Ts
Seoul 64 37 -- 70 44 Su
Stockholm 39 25 .02 41 27 Pc
Sydney 84 62 -- 79 64 Hz
Taipei City 76 69 .07 78 74 R
Tehran 68 54 .12 66 49 Su
Tokyo 69 55 -- 68 57 Pc
Toronto 48 46 .31 54 38 R
Vancouver 48 30 -- 49 37 Pc
Vienna 46 40 .20 47 30 Su
Winnipeg 27 14 .02 36 26 Pc
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the city attorney to draft an
ordinance to put them into
effect.
L.A. was already poised
to allow people to rent out
their own “primary resi-
dence” for short stays, but
not if it was covered by the
Rent Stabilization Ordi-
nance.
That had drawn protests
from some rental hosts, who
argued that they should be
able to rent their homes to
travelers on platforms like
Airbnb and VRBO, just like
other residents and home-
owners in L.A.
The revised rules would
not allow absolutely every-
one who lives in a rent-stabi-
lized unit to host such rent-
als: Only people who both
own and occupy their unit
would be eligible, according
to the proposal.
The idea was champi-
oned by several council
members, including Coun-
cilman Bob Blumenfield,
whose spokesman Jake
Flynn said it was meant to
help people rent out their
own homes for short stays
while protecting apartment
buildings from being turned
over entirely to travelers.
Councilman Mitch
O’Farrell said it would “help
mom-and-pop property
owners survive.”
Marc Bochner, who owns
a rent-stabilized triplex and
lives in one of the units, said
the proposed exemption
would allow him to continue
offering up a spare bedroom
in his own apartment to
travelers, providing needed
income to cover his mort-
gage.
“I understand the pres-
sure they have to address
the affordable housing crisis
... but telling us we can’t host
in our own apartments?”
Bochner said. If the city
doesn’t loosen the rules,
“many of us will lose our
properties.”
The exemption would
also ensure that people who
live in an older home and
built a granny flat on their
property would be eligible to
host short-term rentals in
their main home.
Under L.A. rules, build-
ing a second unit on a prop-
erty can mean, in some
cases, that the main home is
covered by the Rent Stabili-
zation Ordinance — a sce-
nario that surprised home-
owners and council mem-
bers.
Tenant activists and oth-
ers worried about how
short-term rentals affect the
housing market have been
opposed to loosening the re-
strictions, warning that cor-
porate owners may try to
game the rules to convert
needed housing into “rogue
hotels.”
Judith Goldman, co-
founder of the advocacy
group Keep Neighborhoods
First, said changing the
rules opens a “gigantic loop-
hole.”
For instance, Cynthia
Strathmann, executive di-
rector of the nonprofit Stra-
tegic Actions for a Just
Economy, argued that
someone who owns an
apartment building and
lives out of town could falsely
claim to live in one of the
apartments in their build-
ing, then rent it out con-
stantly to travelers.
“We haven’t even seen if
the ordinance works yet,”
Strathmann said.
“Why don’t we see how it
works before we start cre-
ating potential loopholes?”
Ahead of the Wednesday
vote, Councilwoman Monica
Rodriguez asked for city
staffers to report back soon
on how the rules would be
enforced to make sure the
unit was truly “owner occu-
pied.”
The decision is not final:
The proposed ordinance
must be drafted by city law-
yers and will come back to
the council for final approv-
al.
Activists fear opening ‘gigantic loophole’
MARC BOCHNER, who lives in the Westlake triplex that he owns, says it would be unfair to ban him from
hosting short-term rentals just because his apartment falls under the Rent Stabilization Ordinance.
Mel MelconLos Angeles Times
‘I understand the
pressure they
have to address
the affordable
housing crisis ...
but telling us we
can’t host in our
own apartments?’
— Marc Bochner,
triplex owner
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