Tenants seeking protection must submit a declaration for each month that they are un-able to pay, and pay 25 percent of rent due for September 2020 – June 2021 by June 30, 2021. State law only protects tenants from eviction due to non-payment of rent. The City of Santa Monica also enacted an eviction moratorium for residential and some commercial tenants.

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