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Real Estate/Development,
Government

Sep. 2, 2020

Legislature steps in after Judicial Council removes statewide eviction ban

The Judicial Council’s elimination of its unlawful detainer moratorium forced the California Legislature to take urgent action in the waning moments of the 2020 legislative session — which ended Monday — to forestall likely unlawful detainer litigation beginning in September.

Jon Goetz

Of Counsel
Meyers Nave

Email: jgoetz@meyersnave.com

Russell Morse

Of Counsel
Meyers Nave

Email: rmorse@meyersnave.com

As COVID-19 continues to cause economic hardship throughout California, the judicial branch has effectively removed itself from rulemaking related to evictions throughout the state. On Aug. 13, the California Judicial Council voted to end its statewide moratorium on evictions effective Sept. 1. The Judicial Council enacted the emergency eviction ban as Temporary Emergency Rule Number 1 in early April to help stem an expected deluge of eviction proceedings due to nonpa...

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