The Apartment Association of Greater Los Angeles is a powerful landlord lobbying organization that fights tooth and nail against renter protections across the region. Backed by deep-pocketed real-estate owners, AAGLA pours money into campaigns and pressure efforts aimed at blocking rent control, eviction safeguards, and affordable-housing reforms. Their business model depends on keeping tenants vulnerable and landlords in charge — and they use their political muscle every day to make sure that’s exactly how Los Angeles works.