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Committee advances ordinance extending eviction protections through Dec. 31, 2021, with 25% payment threshold
Summary
The Land Use & Transportation Committee advanced an ordinance to the Board that would bar evictions for rent unpaid between July 1 and Dec. 31, 2021, when nonpayment is COVID‑related and the tenant has paid at least 25% of the rent; the amendment and final motion passed 3–0 after extensive public comment from landlords and tenants.
The Land Use and Transportation Committee on June 21 forwarded to the full Board of Supervisors an ordinance that would prohibit landlords from evicting residential tenants for nonpayment of rent between July 1 and Dec. 31, 2021 when the nonpayment resulted from COVID‑19 hardship and the tenant has paid at least 25% of the rent owed for the covered period.
Supervisor Dean Preston, who introduced the ordinance and a minor amendment to its findings, said the local measure is designed to align protections for the July–December window with the state program under SB 91, which was set to expire on June 30. Preston described the amendment as non‑substantive and said it clarifies that the local ordinance provides protections that are "more protective" than a referenced state law (transcript reference: "AB 14 82"). He also noted a…
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