An eviction moratorium was unanimously passed by the Monterey County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday for unincorporated county residents impacted by flooding from atmospheric rainstorms in March.
The moratorium includes residential and commercial properties as well as mobile homes. It is effective immediately and runs through August but does not prevent rent from accruing. Tenants should still respond to any eviction papers they receive from a landlord who is unaware of, or ignoring, the county-wide moratorium.
The moratorium, passed by the board as an urgency ordinance, does not stop the eviction process as outlined in state law, but it will stop an eviction from actually being carried out if