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Committee approves temporary eviction exemption to allow tenants to shelter displaced wildfire survivors and pets
Summary
AB 311 would temporarily prohibit evictions of tenants who shelter people or pets displaced by declared emergencies; the Judiciary Committee advanced the bill after testimony from county officials and housing groups, noting a need for relief options for displaced households.
Assemblymember McKinner (joint author with Speaker Rivas, as stated in committee) presented AB 311 as a reinstatement of prior law to allow tenants to temporarily house people or families and their pets displaced by a declared state of emergency without risk of eviction. The author said the January Los Angeles County wildfires rendered thousands of residents homeless and that friends and family who could temporarily shelter survivors may be constrained by lease language.
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