After a long and somewhat fraught public process, the Alameda County Board of Supervisors this week finally approved a new ordinance to protect renters from unscrupulous evictions. 

The idea for the “just cause eviction” ordinance was first floated in 2018 but was stalled at various times by disagreements over how far it should go, pandemic-related scheduling hiccups and repeated tinkering by supervisors. 

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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.