{"id":"MET-LA-031","kind":"order","level":"city","jurisdiction":"City of Los Angeles","state":"CA","metro":"LA","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Los Angeles City Council (Council File 20-0147-S19); approved by the Mayor","authority":"L.A. City Charter secs. 251, 253 (urgency ordinance); police power; EO N-28-20","instrument":"Ordinance No. 186585 (effective Mar. 31, 2020), adding Article 14.6 (secs. 49.99-49.99.6) to the Los Angeles Municipal Code","title":"An ordinance adding Article 14.6 to the Los Angeles Municipal Code to temporarily prohibit certain residential and commercial evictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic","dateIssued":"2020-03-31","effective":"2020-03-31 (urgency ordinance; retroactive to the Mar. 4, 2020 emergency)","end":"Residential protections ran through the Local Emergency Period (ended Feb. 1, 2023); commercial protections (sec. 49.99.3) ran through the Local Emergency Period and were amended by Ordinance 186606 (May 12, 2020) to limit the repayment period; commercial protections ended Jan. 31, 2022 per later amendments","startDate":"2020-03-31","endDate":"2023-02-01","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["OTHER"],"addressees":["owners of residential and commercial real property in the City"],"clause":"SEC. 49.99.2. PROHIBITION ON RESIDENTIAL EVICTIONS. A. No Owner shall evict a residential tenant for non-payment of rent during the Local Emergency Period... B. No Owner shall exercise a No-fault Eviction during the Local Emergency Period... SEC. 49.99.3. PROHIBITION ON COMMERCIAL EVICTIONS. No Owner shall evict a tenant of Commercial Real Property during the Local Emergency Period... SEC. 49.99.4. PROHIBITION ON REMOVAL OF OCCUPIED RESIDENTIAL UNITS... Ellis Act until 60 days after the expiration of the Local Emergency Period.... Ordinance Effective Date: 03/31/2020","enforcement":"Civil action by tenant; L.A.M.C. sec. 49.99.5 retroactivity to notices served on or after Mar. 4, 2020","functions":["PM","CM","SV","CL"],"notes":"Codifies the Mar. 15 and Mar. 17 mayoral orders; amended by Ordinance 186606 (May 12, 2020) and later ordinances","sourceUrl":"http://clkrep.lacity.org/onlinedocs/2020/20-0147-S19_ORD_186585_03-31-2020.pdf","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20200405213910/http://clkrep.lacity.org/onlinedocs/2020/20-0147-S19_ORD_186585_03-31-2020.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":5180663,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MET-LA","url":"/library/MET-LA-031","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/MET-LA-031","citation":"Los Angeles City Council (Council File 20-0147-S19); approved by the Mayor, Ordinance No. 186585 (effective Mar. 31, 2020), adding Article 14.6 (secs. 49.99-49.99.6) to the Los Angeles Municipal Code (Ex. MET-LA-031)","stateName":"California","related":["MET-LA-030"]}