Evictions

Coronavirus, of course, detonated our every expectation of 2020. For the most fortunate, this created room for new pastimes, new priorities. For the least so, it hollowed out holes that can never be filled. Nor was COVID our only profound challenge. There were raging wildfires, again. There was an overdue reckoning with racism, again. There […]

The stimulus deal does not include aid for state and local governments that Gov. Newsom spent months lobbying for. But he said the cash that will flow to Californians is significant.

Gimme Shelter: The California Housing Crisis Pod · An interview with Newsom’s housing czar, Jason Elliott Where is the Newsom administration’s “Marshall Plan” for housing? How has the pandemic impacted the governor’s approach to homelessness? When should the state’s eviction moratorium be lifted? On this episode of “Gimme Shelter: The California Housing Crisis Podcast,” CalMatters’ […]

After 16 weeks, the mortality rates in states that lifted moratoriums was an estimated 5.4 times higher.

Good morning, California. It’s Tuesday, December 8. New app coming Thurs. Against a backdrop of escalating crises, Gov. Gavin Newsom gave a 90-minute press conference Monday in which he unveiled a coronavirus exposure app and public education campaign but failed to address some of the state’s biggest challenges. The app, CA Notify, launches Thursday. Once […]

New proposal would extend the statewide eviction moratorium through Dec. 31, 2021. Both sides want federal intervention.

A coalition of Los Angeles eviction defense attorneys is seeking postponements of all trials until the end of the pandemic.

Read this article in English.    Aleida RamírezEdad: 42Ciudad: Concord, Condado de Contra CostaRaza/Etnia: LatinaOcupación: camarera, ama de llaves Aleida perdió todo su trabajo al inicio del cierre del coronavirus. Después de gastar todos sus ahorros para mantener a salvo a su hija y a su sobrino, perdió el alquiler por primera vez en su vida. 21 […]

More than 2 million Californians are struggling to keep up with rent — many of them single mothers with at least some college education. The situation will be made worse as some unemployment benefits begin to expire after Christmas and landlords begin evicting Feb. 1. This report is part of a multi-month series from the California Divide.

Aleida lost all her work at the start of the coronavirus shutdown. After using up her entire savings to keep her daughter and nephew sheltered, she missed rent for the first time in her life.