"A federal judge tossed out the final piece of a years-long landlord lawsuit against Alameda County and Oakland over their pandemic eviction moratoriums last month. The temporary tenant protections, adopted at the start of COVID-19 in 2020, did not constitute an illegal "taking" of landlords' property by the government, ruled U.S. Magistrate Judge Laurel Beeler on Aug. 29. Beeler had already dismissed most of the property owners' claims - from two related lawsuits heard together - last year."
"Both Alameda County and Oakland swiftly enacted eviction bans in March 2020, as the mysterious and deadly COVID-19 virus was beginning to spread. The pandemic decimated the incomes of many local residents who were unable to work due to state-imposed restrictions on businesses, schools, and other activities, so local governments across the country passed moratoriums prohibiting landlords from kicking out tenants who were unable to pay rent."
A federal judge dismissed the final takings claim in a years-long landlord lawsuit against Alameda County and Oakland over COVID-era eviction moratoriums. U.S. Magistrate Judge Laurel Beeler ruled on Aug. 29 that temporary tenant protections adopted in 2020 did not constitute an illegal taking of landlords' property. Beeler had previously dismissed most claims but allowed one to be refiled and then rejected that takings argument. Both jurisdictions enacted broad eviction bans in March 2020 that lasted longer than many elsewhere; Alameda's lifted April 2023 and Oakland's expired months later. Landlords criticized the moratoriums and plan to appeal.
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