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If $800 million wasn't a sufficiently appetizing carrot to get his audience to buy more motels, California Gov. Gavin Newsom could dangle a more spiritual enticement: less time burning in the afterlife.

Some experts are concerned higher taxes on commercial properties will incentivize cash-strapped cities to favor retail over housing. One analysis suggests Prop. 15 could be a housing boon, though.

California renters financially impacted by the coronavirus pandemic will be protected from eviction until at least next February, while small landlords will be offered some foreclosure protections, under a measure approved by lawmakers and signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom late Monday night.

No rent forgiveness for tenants. No money for landlords to help them meet their mortgage payments. And no real time to do anything else.

The 1,600 evictions are likely a significant undercount of how many renters have been forced to leave their homes since the pandemic struck, as both court-sanctioned and informal evictions often do not show up on the sheriffs’ lockout lists obtained by CalMatters.

Systemic racism in public policy and the private housing market has long made finding a safe, stable and affordable home in the Golden State a more difficult prospect for its roughly 2.2 million Black residents than for white people.

As missed rent payments and delinquent mortgages pile up across the state, California Democratic lawmakers have introduced a series of sweeping proposals aimed at shielding homeowners, renters and landlords from the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic.