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In the nick of time, Gov. Gavin Newsom and the Legislature this week extended an eviction moratorium designed to keep California tenants who missed rent payments in their homes during the 15-month coronavirus pandemic.
But that safety net has gaping holes and thousands of renters have fallen through, a new CalMatters analysis reveals.
From July 2020 through March 2021, sheriff’s departments across the state enforced lockouts of at least 7,677 households, according to data obtained through public records requests from all but two of California’s 58 counties.
The numbers show that residential evictions increased dramatically in the first three months of 2021 3,675, compared to 4,002 in the last six months of 2020. The analysis also shows a wide gap in eviction rates across the state far higher in parts of the Central Valley and Inland Empire compared to the Bay Area and some smaller coastal counties. Los Angeles also experienced higher-than-average eviction ra
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