Felicia Mello

1 month ago | elpopularnews.com | Felicia Mello

by Felicia Mello / CalMatters    El lunes pasado, agachado en la acera frente a su edificio de apartamentos en el barrio Tenderloin de San Francisco, Bradford Berger revisaba documentos legales en una carpeta manila arrugada. Era una mañana estresante; se apresuraba a prepararse para una cita de quimioterapia con su esposa, a quien le habían diagnosticado un linfoma el mes anterior.

1 month ago | altadena-now.com | Lynn La |Felicia Mello

Will California Change Nonpayment Evictions? By Lynn La, CALMNATTERSLast year renter advocates notched a win after California passed a law extending the length of time tenants can respond to an eviction notice from five days to 10. This session, another bill to help renters facing eviction is being considered by the Legislature, writes CalMatters’ Felicia Mello.

1 month ago | pasadenanow.com | Lynn La |Felicia Mello

Last year renter advocates notched a win after California passed a law extending the length of time tenants can respond to an eviction notice from five days to 10. This session, another bill to help renters facing eviction is being considered by the Legislature, writes CalMatters’ Felicia Mello. Under state law, landlords can evict tenants for nonpayment of rent even if the renter is willing and able to pay their overdue rent. But a proposal by Sen.

1 month ago | sfgate.com | Felicia Mello

The bill, sponsored by the renter advocacy groups Public Advocates, Tenants Together and Western Center on Law and Poverty, is one of a number of efforts in recent years to extend the legal timeline for eviction cases, which in California unfold more quickly than a typical civil lawsuit. State lawmakers last year passed a measure doubling the time tenants have to file their official response when a landlord sues them to evict.

1 month ago | thederrick.com | Felicia Mello

Crouching on the sidewalk in front of his apartment building in San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood last Monday, Bradford Berger shuffled through legal papers in a wrinkled manila folder. It was a stressful morning; he was scrambling to get ready for a chemotherapy appointment with his wife, who’d been diagnosed with lymphoma the month before.