Contra Costa County Leaders Reject Eviction Moratorium Extension

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The Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors decided not to widen its impermanent prohibition connected definite evictions of residential and small-business commercialized tenants impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The existent ordinance is acceptable to expire Sept. 30, the aforesaid day the county's impermanent prohibition connected rent increases expires.

Supervisors voted 3-2 to discontinue the ordinance, with District 1 Supervisor John Gioia and District 5 Supervisor Federal Glover voting to continue.

Gioia argued the pandemic is inactive disproportionately affecting residents of colour and of lower-income, and wanted to widen the ordinance until astatine slightest the extremity of the year.

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Board seat Diane Burgis said she was sympathetic to the radical that are inactive hurting, but "I judge we request to determination on. The system hasn't afloat recovered and everyplace I go, each the concern radical I talk with, radical are trying to hire, and we request to get radical backmost to work."

San Francisco besides volition spot its eviction moratorium extremity this month. City leaders voted to widen the impermanent prohibition done December, but a caller authorities instrumentality acceptable the deadline astatine Sept. 30, superseding the section ordinance, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.

The Contra Costa committee did unanimously follow an statement authorizing the region head to participate into an statement with the California Business Consumer Services and Housing Agency to administer the county's stock of national exigency rental assistance programme 2 funds. According to a unit report, the program's adjacent circular of backing would supply much than $70 cardinal successful alleviation to region households down connected rent oregon utilities.

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