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<p>The San Diego City Council extended protections for residential and small business renters from being evicted as a result of not being able to pay rent due to COVID-19 impacts.</p>
<p>The move comes as existing moratoriums on evictions were due to expire in the City. New Mayor Todd Gloria proposed the two ordinances to help both residential and commercial tenants.</p>
<p>Beginning February 1st, residential tenants will be protected for 60 days after the state emergency COVID-19 declaration ends, and commercial tenants are covered until the state declaration ends or June 30th, whichever comes first.</p>
<p>The new protections, like the previous eviction moratoriums, only restrict landlords from ending tenants’ rentals, but the tenants will still owe all back rents. Renters must contact their landlords with a week of a rent payment due date to be protected under the program, and landlords have a week to ask for proof of economic hardship. Residential renters will then have two weeks to provide documentation, but commercial tenants will only have one week to respond.</p>
<p>Other cities and the County of San Diego have similar moratoriums in place to protect renters.</p>
<p>A statewide eviction moratorium is pending signature by Governor Gavin Newsom that would extent protections until July 1st.</p>
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