May 19, 2020 — Issue Brief

In 2018, more than a quarter of all Californians had a debt in collection.1 The increases in unemployment claims and general job loss due to COVID-19 will without question result in an explosion of debts in collection that will disproportionately impact the most vulnerable consumers who are least able to weather a financial crisis and whose consumer spending at local businesses underpins so much of the economy.

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