CA - Governor’s Executive Order to Provide Additional Protections to Renters During COVID-19 (03/27/20)
On March 27th, 2020, Governor Newsom issued Executive Order N-37-20 that authorizes additional protections for renters and homeowners, slows foreclosures.
The full Executive Order can be found here.
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Effective 03/27/2020
The deadline specified in Code of Civil Procedure section 1167 shall be extended for a period of 60 days for any tenant who is served, while this Order is in effect, with a complaint that seeks to evict the tenant from a residence or dwelling unit for nonpayment of rent and who satisfies all of the following requirements:
a. Prior to the date of this Order, the tenant paid rent due to the landlord pursuant to an agreement.
b. The tenant notifies the landlord in writing before the rent is due, or within a reasonable period of time afterwards not to exceed 7 days, that the tenant needs to delay all or some payment of rent because of an inability to pay the full amount due to reasons related to COVID-19, including but not limited to the following:
(i) The tenant was unavailable to work because the tenant was sick with a suspected or confirmed case of COVID-19 or caring for a household or family member who was sick with a suspected or confirmed case of COVID-19;
(ii) The tenant experienced a lay-off, loss of hours, or other income reduction resulting from COVID-19, the state of emergency, or related government response; or
(iii) The tenant needed to miss work to care for a child whose school was closed in response to COVID-19.
c. The tenant retains verifiable documentation, such as termination notices, payroll checks, pay stubs, bank statements, medical bills, or signed letters or statements from an employer or supervisor explaining the tenant's changed financial circumstances, to support the tenant's assertion of an inability to pay.
This documentation may be provided to the landlord no later than the time upon payment of back-due rent.
No writ may be enforced while this Order is in effect to evict a tenant from a residence or dwelling unit for nonpayment of rent who satisfies the requirements of subparagraphs (a)-(c) of paragraph l.
The protections in paragraphs l and 2 shall be in effect through May 31, 2020.