R.W. Selby & Co
Rick Selby and Steven K. Fowlkes lead R.W. Selby & Co., one of Los Angeles’ most aggressive corporate landlords, with over 500 eviction filings since early 2023. Under their leadership, the company has repeatedly come under fire for tenant abuses, including a $450,000 settlement with the California Attorney General for mistreating low-income renters and a […]
Natalie Taylor
Natalie Taylor’s husband, Steven Taylor, is a Brentwood real estate investor and landlord indicted on multiple counts of bank fraud, money laundering, and identity theft for allegedly using fake bank statements and forged documents to obtain millions in loans to fund Los Angeles property deals. Prosecutors say he used the money to buy and flip […]
Cohanzad Family
The Cohanzad family are among Los Angeles’s most notorious landlord-developers, operating under the Wiseman Residential and Wiseman Management brands. Their business model centers on buying rent-stabilized (RSO) buildings, forcing out long-term tenants through Ellis Act evictions, and redeveloping them into luxury market-rate units or short-term Airbnb rentals. Across the Westside and Hollywood, the family has […]
Charles & Karen Rosin
Charles and Karen Rosin are longtime Venice residents and directors of the Coalition for Safe Coastal Development, a nonprofit created to fight the Venice Dell Community housing project. Their group presents itself as protecting the coast from overdevelopment and flood risk but functions primarily as an opposition campaign against the city’s plans for affordable housing […]
Seth Lichtenstein
Seth Lichtenstein and his wife, Hollye Levin, are Venice residents active in local anti-housing politics. Seth, an intellectual property lawyer, serves as president of the Coalition for Safe Coastal Development, a NIMBY group created solely to block the Venice Dell supportive housing project for unhoused Angelenos. While he has positioned himself as a civic-minded “concerned […]
Charles & Kathleen Toppino
Charles and Kathleen Toppino are a wealthy Republican donor couple whose fortune comes from real estate and capital management. Charles, a longtime investor and financial executive, is a consistent supporter of conservative candidates. Through the Toppino Family Charitable Trust, the couple contributes to the Los Angeles Police Foundation and other pro-police, pro-business organizations.
Richard Weintraub
Richard Weintraub is the head of Weintraub Real Estate Group and a longtime fixture in Los Angeles luxury development circles. He was a former business partner of disgraced financier Ezri Namvar, who was known as the “Bernie Madoff of Beverly Hills” for defrauding investors in multimillion-dollar real estate schemes. Weintraub has been connected to some […]
Reon Roski
Reon Roski, daughter of billionaire developer Ed Roski Jr., is heir to one of the largest real estate empires in the United States. Her father, president of Majestic Realty, controls more than 83 million square feet of commercial property nationwide and holds ownership stakes in the Los Angeles Kings, Lakers, and the Silverton Casino in […]
Peter Nott
Peter Nott, a Venice landlord who owns roughly twenty apartment buildings, has built his wealth on gentrification while publicly railing against the unhoused. In interviews, Nott has described homeless Angelenos as “drug addicts” and “criminals,” called for encampments to be cleared and relocated to “official campgrounds out of town,” and praised Traci Park for being […]
Christopher & Beate Chee
Christopher Chee, managing partner of Redcar Properties and a former Blackstone Group real estate executive, is a classic example of Wall Street money shaping Los Angeles politics. After more than a decade at Blackstone, a firm notorious for mass home purchases and rent hikes that fueled the national housing crisis, Chee co-founded Redcar Properties, which […]