In Light of COVID-19’s Impacts on Workers and Businesses, Senator Wiener Urges Emergency Moratorium on Foreclosures and Residential and Commercial Evictions

Sacramento - Today, Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) issued the following statement regarding renters, small businesses, and homeowners struggling financially due to the impacts of COVID-19 closures:

“As we move through the COVID-19 emergency, people must be able to focus on our community’s health — slowing the virus’s spread — and not on economic survival. Yet, more and more California workers and businesses are being forced to choose between protecting public health and paying the mortgage or rent. In addition, many businesses have seen their revenue go off a cliff. That is why I’m calling on both California and the federal government to immediately place an emergency moratorium on evictions — for both renters and businesses — as well as home foreclosures. We’re all in this together, and as we move through this emergency, we need to support each other and give people leeway to focus exclusively on keeping healthy.”