An impending decision in Sacramento may greatly restrict an “abusive” loophole used to Santa Monica tenants.
At the August 10 meeting of the Santa Monica Rent Control Board, Legislative Advocate Brian Augusta updated the board on several bills that are in a “furious rush” to be passed by the 2023-24 California legislative session. With just under a month to go in the session, Augusta provided the status on three bills aimed at rent stabilization, including a proposal to limit no-fault provisions.
Under current law, evictions are prohibited without just cause, however a “no-fault” just cause classification exists that allows an owner to occupy the property either themselves, or an occupancy by the owner’s spouse, domestic partner, children, grandchildren, parents or grandparents. This tactic, Augusta noted, was used as reason for evictions during the COVID-19 pandemic, even after the enacting of the state’s Tenant Protection Act in 2019.
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