The Sonoma County Board of Supervisors approved new tenant protections this week that are designed to strengthen existing state rules governing evictions. 

The new ordinance buttresses state law in several ways, including by applying “just cause” eviction requirements as soon as someone takes occupancy of a rental unit, rather than after a year of tenancy.

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Kiley Russell writes primarily for Local News Matters on issues related to equity and the environment. A Bay Area native, he has lived most of his life in Oakland. He studied journalism at San Francisco State University, worked for the Associated Press and the former Contra Costa Times, among other outlets. He has covered everything from state legislatures, local governments, federal and state courts, crime, growth and development, political campaigns of various stripes, wildfires and the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.