President Donald Trump failed the people with no federal action to prevent mass evictions and foreclosures and the legislators in D.C. also failed the people. But the suffering in California is because Newsom failed and is responsible for the continued lack of affordable and decent housing and increase in homelessness in because he is a selfish coward and like all politicians, controlled by money.
Housing costs and availability have been out of control in California before the COVID 19 pandemic. All Newsom does is ask for federal money to fix problems in this corrupt state that his incompetence has created.
And now Newsom and the Democrats in his press release have the audacity to claim this bill is a protection? It simply delays the inevitable and there is no protection for foreclosures. He took away the ability of local governments because he is a dictator. Newsom doesn't care about COVID 19, his reopening is based on squeezing more money from those who don't have it so he can spend it however he wants.
More people out on the streets and having to chose between rent, food and health is not helping control COVID 19. People worked hard, saved, paid taxes and now Newsom destroys their lives because he is a tool and a coward.
Certain California Sheriffs refused to enforce the mask mandate citing the constitution but they will be just fine doing the Governor's bidding now because they are a part of the same corrupt, greedy government and only care about money and themselves.
Newsom botched the response to COVID 19 by his flip flop plans and shut down California's economy. Newsom caused people to lose income.
It is his Public Health Officers still driving businesses in California to closure and bankruptcy and individuals to homelessness.
It is his Public Health Officers that have courts shut down or partially operating remotely due to COVID 19 and he wants evictions to be filed and heard? There is a backlog of criminal and other cases already.
Government is getting paid and going unchecked with abuse of power and using COVID 19 as an excuse to punish people. Newsom, you lied about taking a paycut.
If Newsom can shut down the economy and state take away freedoms due to this pandemic, he could have passed an eviction and foreclosure moratorium from day one when he declared the stay at home order.
Newsom caved in to the California Apartment Association lobbyists, the large landlord associations who sued and sold you out. Newsom still hasn't fixed the CA EDD which has botched providing money to people during this pandemic. From PG & E blackouts to two wildfires, Newsom is incompetent.
Headlines about PPP, unemoyment funds or any other PR are not what they seem in reality. No money because California mismanages it and makes decisions that affect revenue.
Both parties are using the people as pawns during a pandemic, right before an election. The feds and the states' response to COVID19 was botched but Newsom claims to be from the party for the people. Most criminal justice reform bills in California did not pass. More criminals are being released on the street because of Newsom.
Besides begging for federal money that is misused for their cronies, what have Nancy Pelosi and Newsom done for the people? Any federal money should go directly to the people like the stimulus check. Newsom is only good for meaningless executive orders and protecting unions, his Silicon Valley and Hollywood buddies. Get the government, unions to give up their paycheck for the next 5 months and ask your Silicon Valley and Hollywood buddies to pony up the money needed.
In Humboldt, I did not see a single tenant group or activist group or small landlord speak up . You get the government and life and consequences you deserve and you allow because of your inaction. Where is Centro Del Pueblo? Where is the local NAACP? Where is your "woke" local media when it counts most?
Where are the people and business owners who showed up one Friday outside the courthouse? In typical Humboldt fashion, they formed Facebook groups and now comment online and do nothing.
Newsom's Press Release:
Governor Gavin Newsom today announced that he has signed legislation to protect millions of tenants from eviction and property owners from foreclosure due to the economic impacts of COVID-19. These protections apply to tenants who declare an inability to pay all or part of the rent due to a COVID-related reason.
“COVID-19 has impacted everyone in California – but some bear much more of the burden than others, especially tenants struggling to stitch together the monthly rent, and they deserve protection from eviction,” said Governor Newsom. “This new law protects tenants from eviction for non-payment of rent and helps keep homeowners out of foreclosure as a result of economic hardship caused by this terrible pandemic. California is stepping up to protect those most at-risk because of COVID-related nonpayment, but it’s just a bridge to a more permanent solution once the federal government finally recognizes its role in stabilizing the housing market. We need a real, federal commitment of significant new funding to assist struggling tenants and homeowners in California and across the nation.”
On Friday, the Governor, Senate President pro Tempore Toni G. Atkins and Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon announced an agreement on the legislation, AB 3088, co-authored by Assemblymembers David Chiu (D-San Francisco) and Monique Limón (D-Santa Barbara) and Senators Steven Bradford (D-Gardena) and Anna Caballero (D-Salinas).
Under the legislation, no tenant can be evicted before February 1, 2021 as a result of rent owed due to a COVID-19 related hardship accrued between March 4 – August 31, 2020, if the tenant provides a declaration of hardship according to the legislation's timelines. For a COVID-19 related hardship that accrues between September 1, 2020 – January 31, 2021, tenants must also pay at least 25 percent of the rent due to avoid eviction.
Tenants are still responsible for paying unpaid amounts to landlords, but those unpaid amounts cannot be the basis for an eviction. Landlords may begin to recover this debt on March 1, 2021, and small claims court jurisdiction is temporarily expanded to allow landlords to recover these amounts. Landlords who do not follow the court evictions process will face increased penalties under the Act.
The legislation also extends anti-foreclosure protections in the Homeowner Bill of Rights to small landlords; provides new accountability and transparency provisions to protect small landlord borrowers who request CARES-compliant forbearance; and provides the borrower who is harmed by a material violation with a cause of action.
Additional legal and financial protections for tenants include:
Extending the notice period for nonpayment of rent from 3 to 15 days to provide tenant additional time to respond to landlord’s notice to pay rent or quit. Requiring landlords to provide hardship declaration forms in a different language if rental agreement was negotiated in a different language.Providing tenants a backstop if they have a good reason for failing to return the hardship declaration within 15 days.Requiring landlords to provide tenants a notice detailing their rights under the Act.Limiting public disclosure of eviction cases involving nonpayment of rent between March 4, 2020 – January 31, 2021.Protecting tenants against being evicted for “just cause” if the landlord is shown to be really evicting the tenant for COVID-19-related nonpayment of rent.
Existing local ordinances can generally remain in place until they expire and future local action cannot undermine this Act’s framework. Nothing in the legislation affects a local jurisdiction’s ability to adopt an ordinance that requires just cause, provided it does not affect rental payments before January 31, 2021.
The legislation builds on the state’s strongest-in-the-nation rent cap and eviction protections passed by the Legislature and signed into law by the Governor last year. The Governor also signed major legislation last year to boost housing production, remove barriers to construction of accessory dwelling units and create an ongoing source of funding for borrower relief and legal aid to vulnerable homeowners and renters. Last year’s budget made a historic $1.75 billion investment in new housing and created major incentives – both sticks and carrots – to incentivize cities to approve new home construction. In the first weeks of his administration, Governor Newsom signed an executive order that created an inventory of all excess state land and has launched partnerships with California cities to develop affordable housing on that land. This year, the Governor prioritized $550 million in federal stimulus funding to purchase and rehabilitate thousands of motels around the state for use as permanent housing for people experiencing homelessness and provided an additional $350 million in general fund support to California’s cities and counties for homeless services and housing.
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