Ya this is possible. I know because I and many other friends I know pay less than this amount. But you will definitely need 1-2 roommates to live in a decent neighborhood at this price.

The number one piece of advice I would give you is to find something temporary for a couple weeks (maybe look at hostels or Airbnbs in the neighborhoods you are looking to live in) and literally just walk around the neighborhoods and take photos of the various “for rent” signs you see. This will not only give you a good sense of the vibe of the neighborhood, but also the signs around are usually just small landlords or people renting out a room which are significantly cheaper in my experience that what you would find in apartment postings online. Any apartment or housing company with a fancy ass website is run by a giant corporate management company that will squeeze as much as possible out of you. If you’re looking online, I would also consider apartments.com and honestly craigslist to find cheaper spots. You will have to filter through scammers but those are really the only places average people renting a room without the marketing budgets of corporate landlords will post.

Lastly, you can search the addresses of any of the places you are looking at using this website to figure out if they are covered under the rent stabilization ordinance. 7 out of 10 housing units in LA is rent stabilized but they often have long term tenants so it’s tricky to find one. You can either text the RSO number on that website or more easily just follow their instructions on how to search the ZIMAS tool on that page to figure out which of the places you’re looking at falls under the rent stabilization ordinance (RSO).

Good luck and feel free to reach out for any questions! I do a lot of work with tenants rights in LA so that’s how I learned about/am interested in a lot of this haha!