Los Angeles County is considering a proposal that could reshape how some rental housing properties are sold in unincorporated parts of the county. The California Apartment Association is urging housing providers to push back ahead of a committee hearing this week.

The proposal would create a Community Opportunity to Purchase Act, or COPA, program for unincorporated Los Angeles County. According to a county motion by Supervisor Hilda L. Solis, the program would give qualified mission-driven affordable housing organizations a preferential opportunity to buy certain rental properties before they are sold on the open market. 

The item appears on the June 25, 2026, Homelessness and Housing Cluster agenda. The county motion included in that agenda packet is dated July 7, 2026. If the committee advances the item, the proposal is expected to go before the full Board of Supervisors on that date. 

County officials frame the proposal as an anti-displacement measure. The motion says a COPA program could expand tenant protections, widen access to homeownership and support long-term affordability in unincorporated areas of Los Angeles County. 

CAA opposes the proposal and is urging housing providers to contact county supervisors through CAA’s automated grassroots advocacy platform. The association argues that the policy would interfere with owners’ ability to sell property in an open market, add complexity to real estate transactions and create new barriers to housing investment. 

The proposal could delay transactions, create uncertainty for property owners and increase compliance costs for housing providers. The association is asking members to weigh in ahead of the June 25 committee hearing. If the item advances, the full Board of Supervisors is expected to vote on July 7. 

The county motion directs the Department of Consumer and Business Affairs, working with other county departments, to return to the Board within 180 days with a recommended COPA ordinance for consideration. It also calls for a written reassessment within 120 days of the county’s earlier work on a broader tenant and community opportunity to purchase framework. 

For housing providers, the immediate issue is not whether a final ordinance has been adopted, but whether the county will move forward with developing one. That is why CAA is treating the proposal as an early but consequential stage in the policymaking process and urging members to engage now.