With the Santa Monica school year about to begin this month, local parents, educators and landlords should be aware of the unique problems caused by evictions during the school year as well as a new city law that limits such evictions.

To protect families in the future, the Santa Monica City Council passed an ordinance in May 2018 that enhances tenant protections for students and educators against no-fault evictions during the school year. Under the law, a court should not grant an eviction if the following are true:

1)      a child under the age of 18 or any educator resides in the unit; and

2)      the child or educator is a tenant in the unit or has a custodial or family relationship with a tenant in the unit; and

3)      the tenant has resided in the unit for 12 months or more; and

4)      the effective date of the notice of termination of tenancy falls during the child or educator’s school year; and

5)     the termination does not allege any fault of the tenant but is based on the owner’s intent to occupy, demolish or withdraw the unit from the rental market.

Read More: http://www.smdp.com/new-law-protects-students-and-educators-from-no-fault-evictions-during-school-year/168318

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https://www.santamonica.gov/blog/new-law-protects-students-and-educators-from-no-fault-evictions-during-school-year