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(May 2, 2020, 8:55 a.m.) -- State Senator Lena Gonzalez (D, LB-southeast LA County) has used Sacramento's "gut and amend" procedure (replacing the text of one bill with entirely new text) to advance legislation supported by the CA Apartment Association that would create a "COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program" tapping state taxpayer funds to pay landlords 80% of the rent due from COVID-19 impacted tenants (for up to 7 months) to landlords who voluntarily agree not to raise rents between the time they begin taking the money through Dec. 31, 2020 and requires the landlord to accept the 80% sum as payment in full of rent due.
As described in the Legislative Counsel's accompanying digest, SB 1410 (text here) would create a "COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program, to be administered by the Director of Housing and Community Development. [Legislative Counsel text] The bill would deem a household eligible for rental assistance payments under the program if the household demonstrates an inability to pay all or any part of the household’s rent due between April 1, 2020, and October 31, 2020, due to COVID-19 or a response to COVID-19, as specified, and the owner of the dwelling unit consents to participate in the program. |
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[SB 1410 was originally a bill introduced on Feb. 21, 2020 by Sen. Gonzalez dealing with appeals of local development decisions on housing; it hadn't yet received any committee hearings or voted actions.]
In a release, the CA Apartment Association stated in pertinent part:: ...Gonzalez said her legislation aims to provide economic security -- both for renters and housing providers -- during this unprecedented time.
On her state Senate Facebook page, Senator Gonzalez wrote (May 1):"Rent burden is one of the biggest challenges our community is facing during the COVID-19 pandemic. As plans to slowly modify the stay-at-home order progress, many Californians are also worried about lifting the statewide eviction moratorium and what it could mean for the many families at risk of eviction and higher debt. SB 1410 will provide renters and rental property owners who have been directly impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic with financial assistance to prevent evictions and keep struggling Californians housed. As the Legislature reconvenes to continue our important business, I look forward to advocating for California’s tenants and property owners."
In the 2019 special election that elevated former Long Beach Councilwoman Gonzalez to the state Senate, the LB-based "Apartment Association, California Southern Cities" contributed $2,500 (Feb. 7, 2019) to her campaign . Amnesia File: Among LB Councilwoman Gonzalez's final Council actions (June 11, 2019) was to enact a LB "Tenant Relocation Assistance Ordinance" decried by landlords at the time as de facto rent control including "just cause" provisions. The LB ordinance (carried 6-3 with Price, Supernaw, and Mungo dissenting) required owners of four plexes and above to pay tenants of over one year, who haven't engaged in actions deemed evictable, sums of from $2,700 to $4,500 if they choose to leave/relocate rather than pay a rent increase of over 10%.
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