tell sb county: pass a renoviction moratorium
In short:
We need the Supervisors to pass a policy that includes a right to rerent at the same or similar rate with a moratorium on renovictions in the meantime, alongside a one-year lease rule (similar to what the City of Santa Barbara has). This is the only way that hundreds of our neighbors will be able to stay in their homes!
The reasoning is this:
if Core Spaces — or any of the many other companies increasingly using unjust evictions to displace some of the most vulnerable — wants to, they can pull permits and continue their march forward to displace massive amounts of our neighbors, so we should have commonsense tenant protections to protect our residents and help defend our remotely affordable housing stock.
We need the Supervisors to pass a policy that includes a right to rerent at the same or similar rate with a moratorium on renovictions in the meantime, alongside a one-year lease rule (similar to what the City of Santa Barbara has). This is the only way that hundreds of our neighbors will be able to stay in their homes!
The reasoning is this:
if Core Spaces — or any of the many other companies increasingly using unjust evictions to displace some of the most vulnerable — wants to, they can pull permits and continue their march forward to displace massive amounts of our neighbors, so we should have commonsense tenant protections to protect our residents and help defend our remotely affordable housing stock.
We’re so encouraged about the momentum we built and time afforded by the formation of the Core Spaces Tenant Association and the just cause tenant protections the County Supervisors passed (and in record time!). And, ultimately, that urgency ordinance was only a road bump to the mass evictions Core Spaces and other companies like them are planning. To protect our community against this increasing corporate landlord greed, we need to make sure they pass
- A Right to Rerent / Return at the same rent (or similar) long term
- End no-cause evictions / put a renoviction moratorium in the meantime
- Also include a one-year lease rule
These policies are best practices in other communities and are important for ours in the short and long term, especially with how especially horrendous the housing landscape is here.
How you Can Support 
Share your support for a renoviction moratorium by giving a quick public comment to the County Supervisors:
- in person this upcoming Tuesday morning at 9am during the general public comment period at the beginning, and
- sending a quick email in support (emails below)
* if you can’t join in person, please consider calling in via zoom by registering in advance here*
You can also share our call to action by forwarding this email and posting the attached flyer on social media!
County Board of Supervisors EmailsIt’s only with Mass Public Support that We’ll Pass This 
We’re up against a bully multi-billion dollar flipper developer misleading I.V. tenants to get them to move out in what’s fundamentally unfettered profit seeking at the expense of the health and safety of our community.
Tell the County to BAN RENOVICTIONS!
WHEN: Tuesday, May 16 at 9:00am
9:00 am – Meeting begins
WHERE: County Administration Building, Board Hearing Room, Fourth Floor, 105 East Anapamu St., Santa Barbara.
- Contact us if you need transportation
- Showing up in person is the most effective, but if you’re not available in person, you can also register to make a comment/statement online here: https://countyofsb.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_nK3LNlvzSUKrRR5wjErH1g
WHAT: Give a public comment about why you want the County to pass a moratorium on renovictions & no-fault evictions overall
TALKING POINTS
Feel free to keep it short, simple, personal and from the heart. Showing up to share your story makes a big impact! You will have 3 minutes to speak.
- My name is ___ and I’m a tenant in ____.
- Say what city, community, or district you live in. If you are a tenant in CBC & The Sweeps, be sure to mention that.
- If you’ve been pushed out of a city or the county, mention that! But if you are living in the county it’s important they hear that you’re a constituent!
- Thank you Supervisors for rapidly passing the urgency ordinance you did on April 4. You acted so rapidly and responsibily that we are all very grateful. However we’re here today to ask that you take the next step and pass a moratorium on renovictions and no-fault evictions today.
- Core Spaces management, executives, and their hired lawyers, have been lying to CBC & The Sweeps tenants about the law you passed. They have insisted the law doesn’t protect them and that they have been misled by Legal Aid and SBTU, and many tenants have subsequently moved out of state for lack of ability to find affordable housing nearby. This is what your urgency ordinance was supposed to prevent.
- During the pandemic it became common on a federal, state and local level for government bodies to pass moratoria on evictions due to the public emergency which was then the coronavirus. In Santa Barbara we have the emergency of the housing crisis generally, where vacancy rates are typically below 1 percent and rent has roughly doubled in the last few years which means there is virtually no affordable housing for working families and working people.
- There is legal precedent for moratoria on no-fault evictions with or without a pandemic in place. Los Angeles and San Diego are great examples that staff can study, so they can draft a no-fault eviction moratorium for SB County as quickly as possible.
- Share why this issue matters to you!
Email or text us to let us know if you are able to attend! Email or text 805-765-2831
Also email and call the County Board of Supervisors and ask them to pass a renoviction moratorium: