California lawmakers side with landlords to kill renter eviction relief

California lawmakers side with landlords to kill renter eviction relief

California’s progressive and moderate Democrats were split on a proposal to give tenants 14 days to avoid evictions for past due rent.

Democrats divided over renter protections in California - The Sacramento Observer

By Ryan Sabalow | Calmatters Sen. Aisha Wahab implored her colleagues to think of hospitalized patients and struggling families as she pitched a proposal to give tenants a full two weeks to pay their past due rent before their landlords could start the eviction process. “This is a very small ask from the state of California,” Wahab, a Democrat representing the Fremont area, recently told her fellow lawmakers. “(It’s) very small to allow people 1…