Richmond leads Contra Costa County in Evictions

Richmond Confidential is exposing the dire state of evictions in the City of Richmond. Citing the Contra Costa County Sheriff’s Department’s Civil Unit eviction schedule, at least 267 sheriff-enforced evictions occurred between January and October of 2016. Bay Area Legal Aid housing attorney, Oraneet Shikmah Orevi, explains that actual eviction numbers may be even higher: “A lot of landlords don’t do the process legally.” 

Read the Full Article: “Richmond has Contra Costa’s highest number of sheriff-enforced evictions, document shows”