County's Eviction Moratorium Ordinance takes effect amid pending legal challenge from SCRHA

SAN DIEGO – Recently, the San Diego County Board of Supervisors voted to pass an Emergency Eviction Moratorium Ordinance that indefinitely bans nearly all evictions within the county. The ordinance, which affects evictions within both the unincorporated areas of the county and within all local cities, went into effect June 3 – dramatically limiting the rights of property owners who rent out their homes, duplexes, condos, accessory dwelling units or apartments to tenants.

The Southern California Rental Housing Association has filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court seeking an injunction agai...