stabilization

The loss of older units like Sanchez’s that make up the majority of apartments in L.A. and fall under the city’s rent stabilization ordinance, which limits annual rent increases and provides a measure of stability.

“It’s not necessarily more effective. So much of lifting is about coordination, neuromuscular activity in your body and stabilization and that’s not present using machines the way it is with free weights.”

“I see the next 12 months as a stabilization period for Step Up,” said its president and CEO, Tod Lipka, in an interview with The Times in May.

But the state has seen an uptick in the number of people in need of such programs, as well as more former residents boomeranging back for “further stabilization,” the state report said.

The alarming situation prompted the city to shelve a long-term stabilization plan and pursue emergency efforts to slow the land movement.