A great way to become the first human to be Spaced.

Getting someone evicted in California might take 2 years in court. For it to be that hard, they have to be in residence for over 2 years. There are all kinds of shenanigans lawyers can pull to draw out such processes.

Evictions usually happen much faster than that, like on the orders of days or weeks. See https://www.attorneydavid.com/blog/how-long-does-it-take-to-...

I've spoken to Bay Area attorneys about this. Non-disputed evictions take 4-6 weeks. That's non-disputed. That's on the long side! Other jurisdictions take a few days to 2 weeks for non-disputed. An additional month for disputed evictions is an average, so that's up to 10 weeks or so. It can drag out for much longer. It depends on how good the case is for each side.

In the parts of Canada I've lived the rules very much bias in favour of the resident, based on the logic that the cost to the landlord is financial but the cost to the residents is safety, health, etc.

If I recall, in some places you can't even evict in the winter. Same applies to utilities: it's illegal to disconnect heat (whether gas or electricity) in the winter even if for non payment.

Personally I prefer protecting residents at the cost of some people who exploit the system.

This is the logic behind California's laws.

>An additional month for disputed evictions is an average

Because we know in advance the tenant can never win.

Taking 4 months to get the tenant out isn't exactly a "win" for the landlord.

State laws wouldn't apply. Only Federal.

California would find a way.

Most likely that "way" would be supporting private space station developers with various subsidies. Though it's fun to imagine the "Singapore scenario" where California goes independent due to some spat over space rights, with Musk becoming a space general in the rebellion ;-)

Whatever happen to the satellite California was going to launch to study climate change. Is that still happening?

That is not unique to California. Most states have a lengthy eviction process.