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Committee unanimously advances bill to protect tenants who shelter wildfire victims and pets
Summary
AB 311 would temporarily prohibit evictions of tenants who take in people and pets displaced by declared emergencies. The Judiciary Committee advanced the measure unanimously and supporters urged the change to reduce homelessness risk during wildfire recovery.
Assemblymember McKinner, joined as a joint author by Speaker Rivas, introduced AB 311 to create a temporary eviction exemption for tenants who provide shelter to persons and their pets displaced by a declared state of emergency.
"Allowing subleasing or allowing additional tenants to be added is an important option for displaced residents and their pets to temporarily reside in a friend or family member's rental home," Assemblymember McKinner said, describing the January wildfires that…
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