Marina Maalouf, a longtime resident of Hillside Villa who participated in protests after rents doubled in 2019, stands for a photo outside her apartment building in Los Angeles on Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Rubie Caceres, a granddaughter of Marina Maalouf, a longtime resident of Hillside Villa, grabs a slice of pizza in her apartment in Los Angeles, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Marina Maalouf, a longtime resident of Hillside Villa who participated in protests after rents doubled in 2019, scrolls through a digital album in her apartment in Los Angeles, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

A wall in Marina Maalouf's apartment is adorned with family photos as an El Salvadoran flag is draped over an American flag in Los Angeles, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Rubie Caceres, a granddaughter of Marina Maalouf, a longtime resident of Hillside Villa who participated in protests after rents doubled in 2019, enters a bedroom in her apartment in Los Angeles, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Rubie Caceres, a granddaughter of Marina Maalouf, a longtime resident of Hillside Villa, plays with a toy camera in her apartment in Los Angeles, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Marina Maalouf, a longtime resident of Hillside Villa, watches as her granddaughter feeds fish in their apartment in Los Angeles, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Marina Maalouf, a longtime resident of Hillside Villa who participated in protests after rents doubled in 2019, stands for a photo inside her apartment building in Los Angeles on Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)