Out of time: California legislators won’t extend eviction ban

Out of time: California legislators won’t extend eviction ban

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https://www.siliconvalley.com/2021/09/10/out-of-time-california-legislators-wont-extend-eviction-ban/

The legislative session ends Friday, so that’s the last day that lawmakers could push off that deadline. But the political appetite just isn’t there to act, according to David Chiu, a San Francisco Democrat who spearheaded the previous efforts to stall the displacement of tenants amid the pandemic.

“I believed our eviction protections for tenants should be extended beyond September 30. The delta variant and the end of many unemployment benefits make that even more urgent,” Chiu told CalMatters. “Unfortunately, some of my colleagues feel differently, and there’s not enough consensus for that.”