SB 1160: Judicial Council: eviction data reporting.

Session Year: 2025-2026
House: Senate
Latest Version Date: 2026-06-18

Current Status:

In Progress

(2026-06-23: From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 2.) (June 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.)

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The California Constitution establishes the Judicial Council, and requires the Judicial Council to adopt rules for court administration, practice, and procedure, and to undertake certain responsibilities with regard to court facilities.

Existing law regulates the terms and conditions of residential tenancies. Existing law, after a tenant has continuously and lawfully occupied a residential real property for 12 months, prohibits the owner of the residential real property from terminating the tenancy without just cause and requires that just cause to be stated in the written notice to terminate tenancy. Under existing law, a tenant is guilty of unlawful detainer if the tenant continues to possess the property without permission of the landlord after the tenant defaults on rent, among other reasons.

This bill would, by July 1, 2027, require the Judicial Council to assess the timeline by which each county court system has the ability to submit specified data points regarding unlawful detainer cases to the Judicial Council utilizing the Judicial Branch Statistical Information System (JBSIS). The bill would, beginning January 1, 2028, require each county court system identified by the Judicial Council as able to report to the Judicial Council utilizing JBSIS to submit the specified data points to the Judicial Council on a quarterly basis, aggregated by ZIP Code. The bill would require, on or before January 1, 2029, all county court systems to report the identified data points to the Judicial Council utilizing JBSIS on a quarterly basis, aggregated by ZIP Code of the premises that is the subject of the action. The bill would require, beginning January 1, 2029, and annually thereafter, the Judicial Council to format the information received pursuant to the provisions above in an electronic spreadsheet, as specified, and to publicly post the spreadsheet on its internet website.

Existing law, the Sargent Shriver Civil Counsel Act, requires legal counsel to be appointed to represent low-income parties in civil matters involving critical issues affecting basic human needs in courts selected by the Judicial Council. The act requires the Judicial Council to develop one or more programs to provide competitive grants to provide legal counsel to low-income persons who require legal services in specific types of civil matters, including, among others, housing-related matters, probate conservatorships, guardianships, and domestic violence and civil harassment restraining orders. Existing law requires the Judicial Council to consider various factors, including, among others, the unmet need for legal services in the geographic area to be served, in selecting and renewing participating programs. Existing law requires program applicants to, among other things, describe how the program would be administered and the means by which the program would serve the particular needs of the community, such as by providing representation to limited-English-speaking clients.This bill would require courts to provide the Judicial Council, every month, with information regarding unlawful detainer cases, as specified, aggregated by ZIP Code. The bill would require the Judicial Council to format the information every 4 months into an electronic spreadsheet and post the spreadsheet on its internet website.

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