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Board approves limited tenant protections and rental‑assistance reportback after January wildfires
Summary
The Board of Supervisors approved a motion that creates a six‑month affirmative defense for tenants who can show a direct financial loss tied to the wildfire and directs the CEO to identify initial seed funding and pursue philanthropy and other funding sources for rent relief. The vote was 4–0 with one abstention.
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday approved a motion to give tenants financially impacted by the January wildfires a temporary, narrowly crafted legal defense against eviction for non‑payment of rent and to task county staff with identifying rental‑assistance funding.
The motion, introduced by Supervisor Horvath, creates an affirmative defense available to tenants who can demonstrate in court that their income loss was directly tied to the fires — for example, by losing a workplace, their employer laying them off because of the fires, or loss of contracted clients. Tenants must pursue relief applications and submit monthly written declarations under penalty of perjury verifying their eligibility.
"This is not a blanket eviction moratorium," Supervisor…
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