The Coast News, April 10, 2020

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Encinitas halts evictions amid financial crisis By Lexy Brodt

ENCINITAS — Last week, the city of Encinitas established a temporary moratorium on evictions due to the financial repercussions of the COVID-19 pandemic — joining a handful of other cities in San Diego choosing to echo the state’s mandate. Days after issuing a shelter in place order for all Californians in late March, Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a ban on evictions for the time being. The mandate specifically protects residential tenants from eviction due to the nonpayment of rent. The city’s ordinance ups the level of protection, applying the moratorium to commercial tenants as well. “(Small businesses) are critically important, they need our support,” said Encinitas Councilmember Joe Mosca, during the council’s April 1 virtual meeting. “The last thing we want to see when everything gets started again is that these small businesses have closed down.” The moratorium will apply through May 31, 2020, after which tenants will have six months to pay back the rent from the months they did not pay. Landlords cannot charge late fees for inability to pay rent during this approximately twomonth-long period, or for longer, if the local emergency continues. The ordinance applies to those who are having financial difficulties in the face of this crisis, which is defined in the ordinance as having a “substantial decrease in household income for a residential tenant, TURN TO EVICTIONS ON A7

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By Jordan P. Ingram

OCEANSIDE — Instead of preparing for a sales uptick over spring break, local non-essential businesses are facing dire straits after being forced to close their doors amid the COVID-19 pandemic. For Oceanside business owner Brandon Foster, shutRANCHO ting down Little Louie’s and Sandy SFNEWS Toes gift shops, both located on Mission Avenue in the heart of downtown’s business district, only marked the beginning of his troubles. On March 8, approximately 10 days before Gov. Gavin Newsom issued a statewide stay-at-home order requiring all non-essential businesses to close, Foster paid off a $12,996 credit card balance with Bank of America. The next day, Foster, BUSINESS PARTNERS Brandon Foster and his mother, Heather Foster, stand inside Sandy Toes Gift Store on April 4 in

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Oceanside. The mother-son team also own Little Louie’s Gift and Souvenir Store. Both stores have been closed as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. Photo by Jordan P. Ingram

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San Diego Food Bank distributes needed food By Steve Puterski

REGION — Thousands rolled through Del Mar as the San Diego County Food Bank distributed food to 1,000 people suffering from the COVID-19 pandemic. Vehicles stacked up the southbound off ramp on Via De La Valle on April 3 and packed the Del Mar Golf Center across from the Del Mar

THOUSANDS of pounds of food and supplies were distributed to people in need by the San Diego Food Bank on April 3 at the Del Mar Golf Center.

Fairgrounds. It was the second massive food distribution conducted by the food bank in as many weeks, according to Chief Executive Officer Jim Floros. The SDFB will also hold distribution drives on April 10 at the Aquatica San Diego in Chula Vista and a week lat-

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