The Ellis Act is a 1985 California state law that allows landlords to evict residential tenants to “go out of the rental business.” In California, landlords (big and small) can choose to go out of the rental business and evict tenants.
County Eviction Protection and Rent Freeze Ordinance 2021-20 that continued a temporary eviction moratorium for certain residential tenants and a moratorium on certain residential rent increases through September 30, 2021. The ordinance has not been extended beyond September 30, 2021.
Ask for more time to move. If you lose your eviction case, you need to move out (at the latest) 5 days after the sheriff posts a Notice to Vacate on your door. If you need more time to move, you can ask the court for a stay of execution. You will need to show the court that you have a good reason for needing more time.
Rent Increase Amount ing to AB-1482, the Tenant Protection Act of 2019, landlords in California are only permitted to increase rent by 5% plus 10% or the annual inflation rate, whichever is lower.
If you are a tenant and feel like you are being unfairly evicted and/or your eviction notice is in violation of the eviction moratorium, please call Bay Area Legal Aid (BALA) at 800- 551-5554 and ECHO Housing at 510-581-9380 or 855- ASK-ECHO.
If your tenant won't fix the problem or move out, you'll have to go through the court to get an order for them to move out. The eviction process can take 30 - 45 days, or longer. The time starts from when you have eviction court forms delivered to your tenant to the time they must move out.
If you are a tenant and feel like you are being unfairly evicted and/or your eviction notice is in violation of the eviction moratorium, please call Bay Area Legal Aid (BALA) at 800- 551-5554 and ECHO Housing at 510-581-9380 or 855- ASK-ECHO.
The eviction will occur as soon as possible after the expiration of the 5-day notice. The 5-day “NOTICE TO VACATE” will be served by personal service on an occupant or by posting a copy at the address and mailing a copy to the debtor/tenant(s).
Extremely low-income households are defined as households earning 30 percent or less of area median income (AMI) ; very-low income households earn 50 percent or less AMI; low-income households earn 80 percent or less AMI subject to HUD caps; and median income households earn 100 percent AMI.
If you have lived in the rental unit for less than one year, then you will receive a 30-day notice to quit, which gives you 30 days to move out of the rental unit.