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Taking Your Eviction to Court

Ericka Cruz GuevarraSasha KhokhaMaria EsquincaAlan Montecillo
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The image is from the back seat of the car, looking through the windshield at a blurred foreground of an apartment building on the right and the brake lights of the car in front of them, the red reflection casting pink light inside the car and on the auburn hair of the driver. The driver wears a white shirt with small dark polka dots and a ruffle at the shoulder over the long sleeves. The woman in the passenger seat has short dark hair and her arm, in a black sweater, rests on the back of the driver. A scented pine tree hangs from the rear view mirror.
DeCher Young rests her hand on Benakli’s shoulder as they drive home from the trial through Walnut Creek on March 3, 2022.  (Kori Suzuki/Special to KQED)

More than 2 years since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, most emergency housing protections have expired. This means millions of renters are facing eviction.

Today, in an episode of The California Report Magazine, journalist Kori Suzuki tells the story of a group of tenants in Walnut Creek who tried to fight their evictions in court.


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