Tenant protections will be on the City of Eureka agenda for first meeting in December

I had two separate conversations just while I was out and about with Ward 1 Eureka Councilmember Leslie Castellano and then unexpectedly saw Eureka City Manager  Miles Slattery a few minutes ago. Both of them have been working on a presentation that will be on the first meeting in December about tenant protections.

The City of Eureka efforts towards housing are commendable but I know from talking to various people daily that the need for people who are without a roof over their head has quadrupled. It is due to several reasons including the Humboldt declining economy and local slumlords and greedy landlords. This includes working people just being outpriced by traveling nurses or generational progeny living off daddy's properties and landlords who retaliate against tenants who speak up about habitability.

One major change that needs to happen is the attitude of certain employees of City of Eureka Building, more help and citations from City of Eureka Code Enforcement and Legal Services of Northern California doing more than discouraging people from going to court. Most Humboldt judges have been and are very pro landlord. But we have some new judges and a new Commissioner who is fair and doesn't rule predictably. 

Laws don't do any good when money and greed dictate what happens in courts.