It Was Never About Covid: DeMaio Slams CA Democrats for Continuing Their Eviction Moratoriums

Two years ago California Democrats cited the “unprecedented Covid-19 public health crisis” to enact sweeping and potentially unconstitutional “eviction moratoriums” as well as give out billions in taxpayer-funded rent subsidies.

The argument at the time was people could not be forced to move in the middle of a pandemic for fear they could catch Covid.

Now two years later, and with the pandemic phase of Covid over, California Democrats in the State Legislature have voted to extend eviction moratoriums for a fourth time - this time citing income loss among renters as a result of the covid pandemic.

Really? Seriously? Give us a break!

Carl DeMaio, chairman of Reform California, says the continuation of eviction moratoriums and taxpayer-funded rent subsidies this far out of the pandemic proves that the policies had nothing to do with Covid in the first place.

“Covid was just a convenient ruse for California Democrats to infringe on private property rights and force taxpayers to pick up the tab for hundreds of thousands of individuals who simply have decided to not pay their rent,” explains DeMaio.

“Let’s call this what it is: the dawn of housing socialism in America - brought to you by far-Left California Democrats who don’t care about the costs to taxpayers,” DeMaio says.

Senate President pro Tempore Toni G. Atkins (D-San Diego) and Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon (D-Lakewood) have defended the legislation to extend eviction moratoriams saying that eligible renters “shouldn’t be harmed because of how long the process is taking” to get them taxpayer subsidies.

DeMaio counters that the taxpayer subsidies aren’t needed in the first place - especially with unemployment low and businesses desperate to hire.

Christine Kevane La Marca, president of the California Rental Housing Association which represents more than 20,000 landlords across the state, says that “Enough is enough” and statewide eviction protections are no longer necessary.

“By halting applications for those in need, and extending the eviction moratorium, rental housing providers are being forced to carry the financial weight of the pandemic and some of them will lose their properties as a result,” explained La Marca.

But what can be done to protect landlords and stop permanent eviction moratoriums?

Carl DeMaio argues that the first step is to flip key target seats in the 2022 election. Electing reform-minded candidates, he says, can help block this and other bad legislation.

“If we flip these seats, we can help hold renters responsible, prevent landlord bankruptcies, and stop the government takeover of the housing industry — which would ultimately increase prices and decrease quality,” explained DeMaio. “And our struggling families and small businesses can’t afford for costs to go up even more when they’re already fleeing this state in record numbers,” he continued.

DeMaio is urging concerned Californians to join the campaign today to help flip these target seats and protect the housing industry from government takeover.

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