L.A.-Orange County tenants suffer nation’s 2nd-largest rent hikes

Choose your best solution for Southern California’s rent mess — from construction to caps — because amid all the housing-supply debate, local tenants saw some of the highest rent hikes in the U.S. last year, the Consumer Price Index shows.
New inflation data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows renters in Los Angeles and Orange counties suffered the second-largest increases in the cost of renting last year — 5.5%. Meanwhile, Inland Empire tenants saw rents up 4.5%, t