Experts are predicting an "avalanche of evictions" in the economic shock from the coronavirus pandemic. 

In our series "Living and Grieving in a Time of Covid 19" each story straddles time ... from before pandemic ... to after. 

In this episode, reporter Nancy Guan tells us about one group of tenants near downtown Los Angeles who started fighting months before the pandemic began to prevent rent increases and avert evictions. They took their case from Chinatown ... to City Hall ... to Malibu. And then the pandemic hit.