By Sasha Margulies, iHeart Media
May 14, 2021
Evictions continue in the Sacramento area even with legal tenant protections.
The Sacramento Bee analyzed data from the County Sheriff s Office and found around 600 renters were evicted since March 2020. Governor Newsom signed a bill in August though, protecting tenants from evictions due to COVID-19-related financial distress so long as they submit a declaration form.
Some failed to do that, others were evicted for subletting, and all were locked out of their home by the Sheriff. Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg said he would favor an ordinance to keep renters from being unfairly evicted.
These high-profile deaths of African Americans, along with many others sparked global protests and resulted in politicians and activists on the political Left calling on their cities to and counties to defund their police departments.
Omar Ameen, the Sacramento refugee accused by the federal government of being a commander for the Islamic State group, appeared in court via video for an immigration hearing in Southern California on Thursday. Ameen was accused of being a member of the Islamic State group, lying on his refugee application and of murdering an Iraqi police officer. The government's case hinged largely on supposed eyewitnesses who say he led the convoy into the.