Governor signs eviction moratorium extension in California
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Governor Newsom signs a bill extending the eviction moratorium in California, The bill protects tenants from eviction and offers landlords backpay for unpaid rent. KTVU s James Torrez reports.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday signed an eviction moratorium extension the state’s first major attempt to clear unpaid rents that have piled up during the pandemic as millions of people lost their jobs because of government-ordered business closures.
The moratorium, which would have expired Sunday, is now good through June 30. If it expired, tenants rights groups said countless renters could have been out on the streets.
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President Biden on Wednesday signed a series of executive actions, ranging from pausing new federal oil leases to electrifying the government’s vast fleet of vehicles, casting the moves as being about job creation as much as they are about the climate crisis. Biden said his directives would reserve 30 percent of federal land and water for conservation purposes, make climate policy central to national security decisions, and build out a network of electric-car charging stations nationwide. With respect to leases of federal land for oil and gas drilling, Biden’s executive orders direct the Interior Department “to the extent consistent with applicable law” to “pause” leases pending a review of the climate change effects. The orders also call for increasing renewable energy production on those lands and waters, with the goal of doubling offshore wind energy production by 2030.
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Question of the Day State Sen. Nancy Skinner, D-Berkeley, chair of the Senate Budget Committee, is seen between plexiglass as she urges lawmakers to approve a measure to provide eviction protections for renters at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021. Both . more > By ADAM BEAM and DON THOMPSON - Associated Press - Thursday, January 28, 2021
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - California lawmakers on Thursday agreed to use $2.6 billion in federal stimulus money to pay off up to 80% of some tenants’ unpaid rent - but only if landlords agree to forgive the rest of their debt.
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California measure aims to pay off 80% of most unpaid rent
California could pay off up to 80% of most people s unpaid rent because of the coronavirus
By ADAM BEAM Associated Press
January 26, 2021, 12:44 AM
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FILE In this photo, Feb. 8, 2019 file photo, work is done on an apartment building under construction in Sacramento, Calif. On Monday, Jan. 25, 2021, Newsom and Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon and Senate President Pro Tem Tempore Toni Atkins announced a proposal that would extend pandemic eviction protections through the end of June and pay up to 80% of some tenants unpaid rent. The proposal must still be approved by the state Legislature. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)