Los Angeles County Eviction Moratorium Extended

Due to the economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic, many local governments in California have passed eviction moratoriums prohibiting landlords from evicting residential tenants who fail to pay rent. Although those ordinances have some narrow exceptions, such as where a tenant engages in criminal activity on the property, the ordinances have stymied most evictions. While the state's moratorium expired in September 2021, last week, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted to extend the county's pandemic-related eviction moratorium until December 31, 2022, and to reinstate protections for failure to pay rent beginning April 1, 2022. 

What this means. The extension includes a rent freeze until December 31, 2022 and prohibits residential landlords from evicting tenants for nonpayment of rent, or who cause a nuisance or have unauthorized occupants or pets. The ordinance also provides for tenant self-certification of COVID-19 financial hardship for rent