East Bay Echo: Local elected officials urge Alameda County Superior Court to limit daily eviction hearings
HAYWARD, Calif. — In an effort to safeguard the rights of the most vulnerable tenants, elected officials from across Alameda County are urging the county court system to cap the number of eviction cases heard in a single day.
Members of city councils, school boards and rent stabilization boards from across Alameda County, including Hayward City Councilmember George Syrop, coalesced at the Hayward Hall of Justice on Wednesday, Nov. 8, to urge the Alameda County Superior Court to limit how many eviction hearings it schedules in a given day. They said the current volume of hearings is putting a strain on legal service providers and potentially compromising tenants’ rights to due process.
