The California Judicial Council, the policy-making body of the California state judicial system, in a 19-1 vote, decided today to terminate the emergency rules which placed a temporary stay on any eviction or foreclosure proceedings in light of the COVID-19 global pandemic. The Judicial Council originally approved the emergency rules on April 6, 2020, which prohibited eviction proceedings in California except under very limited exceptions. The emergency rules will remain in place through September 1, 2020. This means that landlords will now be free again to file eviction proceedings against tenants effective September 2, 2020. Landlords are cautioned, however, that this newly-regained freedom to undertake evictions could be short-lived. Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye, who chairs the Judicial Council, exhibited some degree of uneasiness in having the judicial branch of government issuing emergency rules that address problems that really are more appropriately handled through the legislative process. She urged the