The Executive Order authorizes local governments to halt evictions, slows foreclosures, and protects against utility shut offs
SACRAMENTO – Governor Gavin Newsom today issued an executive order that authorizes local governments to halt evictions for renters and homeowners, slows foreclosures, and protects against utility shutoffs for Californians affected by COVID-19.
The Executive Order comes as Californians are experiencing substantial loss of hours or wages, or layoffs related to COVID-19, affecting their ability to keep up with their rents, mortgages, and utility bills.
“People shouldn’t lose or be forced out of their home because of the spread of COVID-19,” said Governor Newsom. “Over the next few weeks, everyone will have to make sacrifices – but a place to live shouldn’t be one of them. I strongly encourage cities and counties take up this authority to protect Californians.”
The order does not relieve a tenant from the obligation to pay rent, or restrict the landlord’s ability to recover rent that is due. The protections are in effect through May 31, 2020, unless extended. The order also requests banks and other financial institutions to halt foreclosures and related evictions during this time period.
The Governor’s Executive Order asks the California Public Utilities Commission to monitor measures undertaken by public and private utility providers to implement customer service protections for critical utilities, including electric, gas, water, internet, landline telephone, and cell phone service on a weekly basis.
The full Executive Order can be found here.
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If no one is paying for their bills then how do these services get paid? All utilities run like a non-profit in this state at this time. As soon as they are not paid, they have to cut services or ask for a government bailout to keep those services going. So, with this executive order we all will suffer from cutoffs of water, electricity, gas, internet, phones. Why? Because we lost too many workers to support the repairs needed to keep them available 100% of time. There is no law that says they must hire workers to maintain 100% availability. But they sure will fire to cut costs.
This is where the State or the Federal Government needs to provide leadership and solutions, so far our State and local governments have been ahead of the Federal Government, we can hope the fed steps up but leadership is not a quality I would associate with the Trump Administration.
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This is good news for the squatters Moms and other leaches of the system. Bad news for the middle class because those with take the burden.
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