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“Housing entitlement” is dened in the statute to include:
A building permit, including extension of any applicable time frame within which an applicant must request issuance of a building permit;
“A legislative, adjudicative, administrative, or any other kind of approval, permit, or other entitlement necessary for, or pertaining to, a housing development project issued by a state agency”;
“An approval, permit, or other entitlement issued by a local agency for a housing development project that is subject to [the Permit Streamlining Act]”;
“A ministerial approval, permit, or entitlement by a local agency required as a prerequisite to issuance of a building permit for a housing development project”;
“A requirement to submit an application for a building permit within a specied period of time after the eective date of a housing entitlement described [above]”; and
“A vested right associated with an approval, permit, or other entitlement described [above].”
Assembly Bill 1561 is codied as Government Code Sections 65583 and 65914.5.
Landlord/Tenant: Collection of COVID-19 Rental Debt
Urgency legislation that took eect immediately on August 31, 2020.
Permits a claim for the unpaid COVID-19 rental debt to be brought in small claims court beginning March 1, 2021, for any amount at issue.
For any COVID-19 rental debt, that is, rent due from a residential tenant between March 1, 2020 and January 31, 2021, landlord can take them to small claims court to sue for the debt on March 1, 2021 for any amount. Bringing a collection action in Superior Court usually requires hiring an attorney. To facilitate lawsuits against tenants for unpaid rent, this law temporarily opens small claims courts for such cases, even if the landlord is seeking an amount beyond the usual small claims court limits or has brought multiple cases for more than $2500. Landlords retain the option of bringing a case to superior court at any time. The special procedure expires in February 1, 2025.
The law was part of a larger bill Assembly Bill 3088 and is codied as Code of Civil Procedure Section 116.223. Eective immediately on August 31, 2020, as urgency legislation.
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