LA’s longstanding renter protections during COVID are about to end but some say a surge is coming.
Los Angeles’ state of local emergency due to COVID-19, in place since March 4, 2020 will end in February after a City Council vote on Wednesday, Dec. 7.
The local state of emergency ensures that renter protections created during the pandemic remain in place, but the city’s long-standing eviction protections due to COVID-19 hardship are also set to expire at the end of January. “We’re on the cusp of another winter surge and clearly the pandemic is not over,” Sasha Harnden, a public policy advocate with Inner City Law Center, told the council. “The council shouldn’t put an arbitrary end date on the emergency that we know is designed as a sneak attack on tenant protections.”
“Even with rising winter cases, our insight into the virus and improved public health response warrants a shift in the city’s emergency positioning,” King said. “There are many public policy items that remain trapped and tied to the emergency orders. It is no longer appropriate for the orders to continue with such negative and sweeping ramifications.”
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