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CA SB610

Bill

Status

Passed

10/10/2025

Primary Sponsor

Benjamin Allen

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Origin

Senate

2025-2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Landlords must remove disaster debris and mitigate hazards (mold, smoke, ash, asbestos, water damage) within a reasonable time, following government cleaning protocols, and debris from disasters is presumed to render rental units untenantable until cleared by local public health officials

  • Tenants' rent obligations are discharged during mandatory evacuation periods due to disasters, and landlords must return prepaid rent within 10 days after evacuation orders lift; advance rental payments must be returned within 21 days when tenancies terminate due to property destruction

  • Mobilehome park owners must return advance rental payments to homeowners within 21 days when tenancy terminates due to disaster damage, and homeowners' rent obligations are similarly discharged during mandatory evacuations

  • When mobilehome park closures result from disaster damage, park owners must file an impact report including a Department of Housing and Community Development inspection, but are exempt from paying displaced residents the in-place market value of their mobilehomes

  • The Commissioner of Financial Protection and Innovation must coordinate with mortgage lenders during wildfire state emergencies to facilitate forbearance, foreclosure prevention, and loss mitigation programs for affected borrowers

Legislative Description

Disaster assistance: tenants, mobilehome parks, and mortgages.

Last Action

Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 547, Statutes of 2025.

10/10/2025

Committee Referrals

Appropriations7/16/2025
Judiciary7/3/2025
Housing and Community Development6/9/2025
Appropriations4/30/2025
Judiciary3/5/2025
Rules2/20/2025

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