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On Sunday, Val L (@superofmyhome) joined The Colorado Show to discuss the 2025 legislative agenda for Colorado Democrats. One of the bills we discussed was "SB25-020, Tenant and Landlord Law Enforcement, concerning the enforcement of existing landlord-tenant law."
Here is the bill summary from the coleg website (emphasis ours):
Section 1 of the bill clarifies that the attorney general has the power to initiate and bring civil and criminal actions to enforce certain state landlord-tenant laws. Section 2 makes corresponding conforming amendments to the attorney general's statutory powers and duties. Sections 3 and 4 grant counties, cities and counties, and municipalities the power to initiate and bring civil and criminal actions to enforce certain state landlord-tenant laws. Section 5 establishes a receivership mechanism that is available as a remedy for violations of applicable laws and regulations by the owner of multifamily residential property. The attorney general's office, a county, a city and county, and a municipality may all apply to a district court for the appointment of a receiver to operate a residential property. The bill establishes the process for a district court appointing a receiver, including requiring a hearing and an order of appointment that specifies the duties of a receiver, and the criteria for qualifying as a receiver. No sooner than 180 days after the district court appoints a receiver, the owner of the relevant property, attorney general, county, city and county, or municipality may submit an application to the district court seeking the termination of the receivership. As with the appointing of a receiver, the bill establishes the process by which a district court may terminate a receivership.
(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)
Knowing how our rulers operate, this bill recalls the mainstream media's response to migrant gangs taking over apartment buildings in Aurora. They blamed the landlords.
"Without evidence" is an embarrassing statement for CPR. Witness testimony is evidence. Police reports are evidence. The emails obtained through open records showing officials, police, politicians all knew that gangs were operating in the apartment building, too, that's all evidence. CPR isn't doing journalism, they're pushing state propaganda. "It's the landlords!"
Blaming the property owners is useful for the government officials – city, county, and state – because they have the statutory duty to protect their communities from criminal elements, such as violent, foreign gangs. You could say they failed, or you could say they always intended the outcomes they got; your answer probably depends on how much you still trust the leadership of our sanctuary state and its cities.
Either way, blaming the property owners set the stage for Weiser opening an investigation:
The investigation is ongoing. We have seen no evidence – really – that Weiser is investigating the gangs. Stopping the gangs isn't on the legislative agenda. Subverting the rights of property owners, however, is.
Just a couple months later, the legislative session opens, and a bill is ready to go – granting the state more authority over multifamily housing, and suspending the property rights of the property owners, in the case of certain violations. Potential violations span multiple sections of the Colorado statutes, and you can read the text of the legislation here:
AG Weiser, who recently announced he is running for Governor of Colorado, is, of course, fully on board with this prioritization. Attacking the rights of property owners will likely be a focus of his hypothetical Governorship, but it's certainly a feature of his final two years as AG:
It kind of makes you wonder how organic the journey to this legislation has been. As before, your answer probably depends on how much you still trust the leadership of our sanctuary state and its cities.
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