Habitability violations

Hi everyone. I’m in Los Angeles and need quick tenant advice.

My apartment lost running water twice: first for more than 30 hours and then again for more than 60 hours in 5 days. Management keeps sending me back to maintenance and won’t give any clear info about compensation or rent abatement. I also contacted the corporate management office and still have no answers about redemption and compensation. They just want to blow us off and hope we’ll drop it.

I’m looking for a tenant-rights attorney now. My rent is due on the 4th and I don’t know if I should pay while I wait for legal advice or hold it because of the habitability issue.

Has anyone had a similar situation? What did you do about rent?