Pandemic-era protection for residential renters in the city of San Diego went into effect in May. It stopped evictions in situations where tenants were paying rent and respecting lease agreements.
Reynolds is an affordable housing advocate, and the strategy and communication adviser to the San Diego Eviction Prevention Collaborative. She lives in Hillcrest.
Imagine a scary public health world in which grocery stores and restaurants saw a health inspector only if someone complained and the inspector came weeks later. Where when you refused to pay a restaurant bill because bugs crawled out of your rice, you ended up in court, without an attorney, and lost your case. And where, after that loss, no other grocery store or restaurant would sell you food at all, your kids went hungry, and your family’s health and your credit were hurt for years.