What is this bill about?
SB 1243 establishes eviction protections for immigrant households who are impacted by ICE kidnapping (including those living in mobile homes).
How does it align with yli’s values?
Beginning in January 2025, federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) have significantly increased military-style roving patrols and detentions. Since then, about 10,000 people in California have been detained by ICE. As a result, many immigrant tenant households are facing economic troubles and housing instability with the detention of household members, especially the leaseholder.
SB 1243 seeks to keep families in their homes by:
- Permitting tenants to raise a detention-related hardship as an affirmative defense in an unlawful detainer proceeding for nonpayment of rent and seek a temporary stay.
- Ensuring that eviction notices include a self-declaration form that tenants can fill out stating the household is experiencing a detention-related hardship.
- Establishing guardrails on fees for the late payment of rental debt.
yli partners with thousands of youth across the state, the majority of whom are low-income youth of color. We witness first hand the impacts of our state’s harmful “justice” system on their lives, and are staunch advocates of policies that seek to eliminate or reduce the impacts of criminalization, incarceration and deportation.
This policy aligns with our Racial Justice Platform, which addresses the impacts of criminalization on communities of color.
What is yli doing about it?
We have just submitted a letter endorsing this bill, and we are showing our support on Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn.
Who supports this bill?
- Asian Americans Advancing Justice
- Southern California (AJSOCAL)
- Asian American and Pacific Islanders for Civic Empowerment (AAPI ForCE)
- Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights (CHIRLA)
- Western Center on Law and Poverty (WCLP)