Sealing Eviction Records Are Destroying Landlords

California’s AB 2819 (CCP Section 1161.2) was marketed as a way to protect "innocent tenants," but the reality for mom-and-pop landlords has been a nightmare of "serial evictors" and "blind-spot" screening. In this seminar, we break down how the automatic and permanent sealing of eviction records has fundamentally shifted the risk landscape for property owners. We explore the operational and financial consequences of a law that masks the history of non-paying tenants, leaving landlords vulnerable to professional evictors who move from one property to the next with a "clean" background check.

Key Topics Covered:
The 60-Day Trap: Why requiring a trial win within 60 days to keep a record public is an impossible standard that rewards delay tactics.

The Death of Predictive Screening: How traditional background checks have been degraded, forcing landlords to fly blind during the application process.

The "Serial Eviction" Loophole: How tenants use settlements to keep their records sealed, allowing them to repeat the cycle of non-payment with unsuspecting new landlords.

Loss of Leverage: Why the threat of a public record was a vital tool for recovering back-rent and how its removal has increased litigation costs.

Defensive Landlording: New strategies for vetting tenants, including extensive financial audits and stricter co-signer requirements to hedge against untraceable risks.

The administrative burden of "unmasking" a record is exhausting, and the financial stakes have never been higher. Join us as we discuss the survival of small-scale housing providers in the face of California’s increasingly restrictive legislative environment.

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