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- Jurisdiction
- City of Los Angeles · Los Angeles · California
- Level
- City
- Authority
- L.A. City Charter secs. 251, 253 (urgency ordinance); police power; EO N-28-20
- Issued
- 2020-03-31 Mar. 31, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-03-31 (urgency ordinance; retroactive to the Mar. 4, 2020 emergency) (read as 2020-03-31)
- 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 (read as 2023-02-01)
- In force
- Mar. 31, 2020 to Feb. 1, 2023
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Other
- Addressees
- owners of residential and commercial real property in the City
- Functions reached
- Collection
- Los Angeles MET-LA
Operative words
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
Notes
Codifies the Mar. 15 and Mar. 17 mayoral orders; amended by Ordinance 186606 (May 12, 2020) and later ordinances
Retrieval note5.2 MB signed ordinance with City Clerk certification.