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With two months to go before a statewide eviction moratorium expired in January, lawmakers, lobbyists and the governor’s staff were already deep into negotiations on an extension. They reached it j
Now, with two months left before that
extension itself expires on June 30, there is no proposed legislation to give renters more time before the moratorium ends, and lawmakers expressed uncertainty that there will be.
Note:
The City of L.A.'s emergency rent relief program is due to expire April 30.
“It remains to be seen if there’s appetite in Sacramento to extend the protections past June 30,” said David Chiu, the San Francisco Democratic Assemblyman who wrote the original eviction moratorium legislation. “But I don’t think any of my colleagues have an interest in seeing a wave of mass evictions.”