The Los Angeles County eviction moratorium – that prohibits any action by a landlord to remove a covered tenant for nonpayment of rent – was updated by vote Tuesday, extending eviction protections for many pandemic-impacted tenants through the end of 2022. Despite strong opposition by Fifth District Supervisor Kathryn Barger, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted 4-1 in ...

The Santa Clarita City Council is set to discuss a lawsuit filed in September against several cities, including Santa Clarita, for eviction moratoriums. The City of Santa Clarita was named the defendant, along with several other cities in Los Angeles County, in a lawsuit filed on Sept. 11 for lost income due to a COVID-19 eviction moratorium. On Tuesday, Dec. ...

The Santa Clarita City Council is set to consider repealing the local eviction moratorium set in place in late March in favor of the more comprehensive Los Angeles County COVID-19 renter protection program, officials said. On March 31, 2020 the City Council adopted an urgency ordinance temporarily prohibiting evictions of residential, commercial and manufactured- home tenants arising from financial impacts ...