The California Legislature voted Thursday to bolster eviction protections for renters and close a loophole in an existing law that has allowed landlords to circumvent the state’s rent cap.
The eviction reform bill was among hundreds approved before the end of a late legislative session, including giving striking workers unemployment benefits and reforms to the state’s mental health system.
Under the 2019 law, landlords can evict tenants for "at fault" or "no fault" reasons. "At fault" reasons include failure to pay rent on time. Under "no fault" rules, landlords can terminate leases merely by saying they need to move into units, make repairs or take the units off the rental market. The bill also would allow the attorney general, local government and renters to sue landlords for wrongful evictions and illegal rent increases."What the bill would do is really restore the promise of the Tenant Protection Act by closing these loopholes and adding some critical enforcement mechanisms so tenants and local governments can hold bad actors accountable," said Suzie Dershowitz, a representative of Public Advocates.
Newsom called the measures "a key part of the solution to our homelessness crisis" in a statement Thursday. Eggman’s bill, which passed unanimously in the Senate, would restrict the how local governments can use a special tax on millionaires that have been used to fund mental health programs.
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