Acoalition of elected Alameda County leaders traveled to the Hayward Hall of Justice Wednesday to observe how it handles its eviction cases.

Leah Simon-Weisberg, chairwoman of the Berkeley Rent Board, said they planned the observation after receiving several complaints from community members that the courts were overwhelmed.

“The courts [are] allowing an enormous number of evictions to move forward, completely overwhelming not only the court staff, but legal services to an extent that nobody is receiving due process,” Simon-Weisberg said in a press conference.

Alameda County held some of the longest eviction bans in the country during the pandemic. San Leandro and Oakland’s ban ended in July, while Berkeley’s ban ended in September.

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