CityofGoletaSource: City of Goleta
At the October 6, 2020 Goleta City Council meeting [Tuesday] night, Council voted to update Goleta’s moratoria on residential and commercial evictions and foreclosures to comply with the state’s new legislation (AB 3088).
- Council decided to keep its residential evictions moratorium in place and directed staff to amend the evictions ordinance to comply with the state mandated start date of March 1, 2021 for repayment of deferred rent due to COVID-19 financial distress.
- Council voted to continue its commercial evictions moratorium and directed staff to return with an amendment to align the expiration of the City’s moratorium with the Governor’s Executive Order authorizing local jurisdictions to adopt commercial evictions moratoria due to COVID-19 financial distress.
- Council voted to terminate its residential and commercial foreclosure prohibitions because federal and state law provides for similar foreclosure protection for owners who are unable to pay their mortgage due to COVID-19 financial distress.
View the staff report at https://tinyurl.com/y2mddv9e.
The City’s eviction ordinance can be viewed on our COVID-19 webpage (www.CityofGoleta.org/COVID19) under the section “Moratorium on Evictions & Foreclosures.”
Council also received a presentation on the City’s diversity, equity and inclusion efforts and appointed two City Councilmembers, Roger Aceves and James Kyriaco, to an Ad Hoc Committee on the development of a Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Plan. The City wants to create a policy framework, a culture of learning and awareness, and an entire workforce mobilized toward achieving a culture of diversity, equity and inclusion within the City of Goleta. The complete staff report can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/y6dtds4b.
This is wonderful news! Now can I please have a moratorium on property taxes, water bills, sewer and garbage removal payments, and property management feesall of which I have to pay even if my tenant isn’t paying rent? I’ll promise to catch up all of those deferred payments- thirty days after my tenant catches up on rent.
And why haven’t they added protections so property owners can’t have the properties repossessed when they can’t make their payments, due to the fact their renters aren’t making theirs? Sounds just a little half-baked. Follow every link in the chain if you’re going to manipulate that first link. They may as well try to stop the sun from rising. Dream on…