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52 U. Pac. L. Rev. 283 (2020-2021)
Knock Knock... Who's There? California's First Statewide Rent Cap and Eviction Tenant Protection Law

handle is hein.journals/mcglr52 and id is 305 raw text is: Civil Knock Knock ... Who's There? California's First Statewide Rent Cap and Eviction Tenant Protection Law Sofia Schersei* Code Sections Affected Civil Code §§ 1946.2, 1947.12, 1947.13 (new). AB 1482 (Chiu); 2020 STAT. CH. 597. TABLE OF CONTENTS I. IN TRO D U CTIO N ..............................................................................................284 II. LEGAL BACKGROUND .................................................................................. 286 A. The Costa-Hawkins Act .................................................................... 286 B. Constitutional and Legislative Dispute: Palmer and AB 1505 .......... 287 1. Palmer/Sixth Street Properties, L.P. v. City of Los Angeles .......287 2. The Palmer Fix: AB 1505 ........................................................... 288 C. Chapter 59 7's Path to Law ............................................................... 289 1. Housing Exemption for Properties Built in the Last Fifteen Years ......................................................................................... 289 2. Sunset Date Negotiations ............................................................ 290 III. CHAPTER 597 ........................................................................................... 290 IV. ANALYSIS ................................................................................................... 291 A. Chapter 597's Beneficial Provisions ................................................. 292 1. Rent Cap ..................................................................................... 292 2. Eviction Protections and Relocation Fees for Tenants ............... 293 B. Chapter 597's Shortcomings: Sunset Provision, Vacancy Decontrol, Exemptions, and Resulting Evictions ............................ 294 1. Sunset Provision ......................................................................... 294 2. Vacancy Decontrol ..................................................................... 295 3. Chapter 597's Exemptions .......................................................... 296 a. Exemptions for Properties Built in the Last Fifteen Years .... 296 * J.D. Candidate, University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law, to be conferred May 2022; B.S., Criminology, Law and Society, George Mason University, 2016. I thank Allah Subhanahu wa ta'ala, without whom none of my accomplishments in this life would be attainable. I also thank my dearest husband, Ghaws Shirzai, whose unconditional love, intelligence, and labor allow me to apply mine to write scholarly work. Special thanks to my mentors, Thomas Gerhart, Madeline Orlando, and Paul Woods, for your guidance during the writing process. I dedicate this article to my remarkable parents, Baryalai Schersei and Farzana Nawabi, who sacrificed their dreams for their children's future. I would not be able to acquire the honor to attend law school as a first- generation student without their labor of love. 283