“Madeline Howard, senior attorney with the Western Center on Law and Poverty, works with housing issues and the impacts on tenants daily.
Howard said even if Spallino’s landlord wanted her out by June 6, he would likely have trouble doing so because courts have shut down the process for unlawful detainers during the pandemic.
“The unlawful detainer process is how you get evicted through a court,” Howard said. “And the courts have said we are not doing any unlawful detainers, unless they are necessary for public health.”
