Judicial Council: eviction data reporting.

Plain English Breakdown

The bill does not specify how long the data must be kept available or any penalties for non-compliance by courts.

Eviction Data Reporting

This law requires courts to send monthly eviction data to the Judicial Council, which must make this information public online every four months.

What This Bill Does

• Requires the Judicial Council to collect and publish data on evictions.
• Makes the collected data available to the public through a spreadsheet that can be requested under California Public Records Act.
• Requires courts to provide monthly reports about unlawful detainer cases by ZIP Code.
• Formats and posts the information every four months in an electronic spreadsheet.

Who It Names or Affects

• Courts that handle eviction cases
• The Judicial Council of California

Terms To Know

Judicial Council

A group responsible for overseeing the administration of courts in California.

Unlawful detainer case

A legal action taken by a landlord to evict a tenant from rental property.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not specify how long the data must be kept available.
• It is unclear if there are penalties for courts that do not comply with reporting requirements.

Official Summary Text

SB 1160, as amended, Durazo.
Judicial Council: eviction data reporting.
Existing law, the Sargent Shriver Civil Counsel Act, requires legal counsel to be appointed to represent low-income parties in civil matters involving critical issues affecting basic human needs in courts selected by the Judicial Council. The act requires the Judicial Council to develop one or more programs to provide competitive grants to provide legal counsel to low-income persons who require legal services in specific types of civil matters, including, among others, housing-related matters, probate conservatorships, guardianships, and domestic violence and civil harassment restraining orders. Existing law requires the Judicial Council to consider various factors, including, among others, the unmet need for legal services in the geographic area to be served, in selecting and renewing participating programs. Existing law requires program applicants to, among other things, describe how
the program would be administered and the means by which the program would serve the particular needs of the community, such as by providing representation to limited-English-speaking clients.
This bill would
require the Judicial Council to collect data on evictions, as specified, make that data publicly available online, and report that data to the Legislature. The bill would also
require courts to provide the Judicial Council, every month, with information regarding unlawful detainer cases, as specified, aggregated by ZIP Code. The bill would require the Judicial Council to
make that information available through a spreadsheet that may be requested through a California Public Records Act request.
format the
information every 4 months into an electronic spreadsheet and post the spreadsheet on its internet website.

Current Bill Text

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