Eviction Moratorium

Two years ago, Blackstone bought 66 relatively low-rent apartment buildings in San Diego County from a charitable foundation. Tenants of those 5,800 dwellings say they see rent increases, maintenance issues and evictions in their futures.

L.A. County's tenant pandemic protections expire March 31. But already advocates predict a spike in evictions, as landlords seek financial recovery.

From CalMatters state Capitol reporter Sameea Kamal:  It’s become a key part of the big business playbook: If an industry doesn’t like a California law, it uses the referendum process to try and overturn it.  Already on the November 2024 ballot: the oil industry qualified a ballot measure to kill a law that bans new […]

Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis signed an eviction protection measure, becoming the first woman in California history to sign a bill into law.

State lawmakers rushed this week to extend California eviction protections for hundreds of thousands of tenants waiting for rent relief. It was signed into law on Thursday. But some advocacy groups for landlords and tenants alike are unhappy with the bill.

Californians facing eviction as soon as next week would get a temporary reprieve under a bill endorsed by the state's Democratic leaders.

Non-English speaking immigrants face some of the biggest hurdles to receiving California rent relief. Advocates say informal leases, lack of technology access and language barriers are getting in the way.

Today marks a massive inflection point in California’s pandemic response. The state is shifting from a phase of protection — marked by the implicit recognition that people had very little control over COVID-19 — to one of action, underscoring that vaccines are free, widely available to most of the population and key to bringing the […]

Good morning, California. It’s Friday, September 17. Newsom takes new tack Actions speak louder than words. It’s a message that Gov. Gavin Newsom appears to be trying to send to voters after defeating an attempt to oust him from office — and with yet another election next year. Newsom on Thursday signed into law a […]

Senate bills 9 and 10 correct exclusionary zoning issues that prevent affordable housing and put Black and Latino Californians out of the running for homeownership.