The State of California hasessentially set an eviction moratorium by preventing state courtsfrom issuing a summons on any unlawful detainer complaints;however, the details of eviction moratoriums have been largely leftup to local jurisdictions. As a result, there is some variance inthe guidelines from market-to-market. We took a look atCalifornia's three largest metros to see how they differ.

First up, San Francisco: The NorthernCalifornia market has limited commercial evictions to small andmedium businesses, defined as having less than $25 million inrevenue in the 2019 tax year. "Any notice of default that SanFrancisco landlords serve on tenants must provide at least aone-month opportunity to cure," Jamie AltmanBuggy, an attorney at Crosbie Gliner SchiffmanSouthard & Swanson, tells GlobeSt.com. "During thatinitial cure period, tenants must either pay the rent or providedocumentation showing that tenant is unable to pay rent due to aCOVID-19 related financial impact, like a substantial decrease inbusiness income."

Once the landlord has received documentation of a relatedfinancial impact, the tenant and landlord are required to develop apayment plan for the deferred rent. "If they cannot agree to apayment plan, then the tenant may continue to extend the cureperiod for successive month-long period by providing additionaldocumentation at the end of each month of their continuinginability to pay due to COVID-19 related financial impacts," addsBuggy. "Tenants can keep obtaining monthly extensions of the cureperiod for up to a total of six months from the date rent wasoriginally due, during which time landlords cannot evict fornon-payment of rent." After six months of non-payment, landlordscan proceed with an eviction.