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Supervisor Preston introduces emergency ordinance to bar COVID-related evictions beginning Feb. 1
Summary
Supervisor Preston introduced an emergency ordinance to prohibit evictions for nonpayment of rent that becomes due Feb. 1, citing uncertainty about state action and local need to act promptly; the ordinance would not forgive rent but would block evictions and late fees for COVID-related nonpayment during the ordinance period.
Supervisor Preston introduced an emergency ordinance on Jan. 19 that would prohibit evictions for nonpayment of rent that becomes due starting Feb. 1, 2021, if the tenant—s inability to pay is COVID-related. Preston framed the measure as substantially similar to an earlier local ordinance that protected tenants for rent due April through September 2020 but said the new ordinance is necessary because of uncertainty about state-level legislation and timing.
Preston told colleagues the federal…
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