California lawmakers consider plan to extend eviction ban through January

California lawmakers released plans Friday, Aug. 28 for a new eviction moratorium that would protect tenants with COVID-related financial hardships from getting thrown out of their homes through January for not paying rent.
The measure — the product of more than a week of negotiations between supporters, landlord groups and the governor’s office — also will require tenants to pay at least a fourth of their rent starting in September.
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