We need to keep the pressure on with a volume of outreach.Here is a post with more details and resources to contact your legislators.Self-Directed IRAs at Risk - Your Advocacy Is Needed

You are in NY, you have roaches, and if you rock the boat too much the tenants will go to a tenants advocacy and you will lose a lot more money than the deposit.

We are recommending advocacy to have this language removed from consideration.https://www.biggerpockets.com/...

Is it plausible in your market to find an investment or primary home were grants, FHA loans, can be leveraged to make the $5,000 stretch out, I do not have that answer, but some research surely can answer it for you Myself being new on the adventure of real estate, my advocacy is learning the market I want to continue to invest in, analyzing deals, and becoming an expert.

But if they sit in the court room for a while, they'll see the tenant advocacy attorneys (who have their paralegals in the hall) and realize they can drag it out.And I almost forgot - if there is any error in your 5 day notice, you go back to step 1.

Look for local LandLord advocacy groups-here in Portland we have Metro Multi Family and I’m sure there’s something similar in California. 

https://www.irs.gov/businesses/small-businesses-self-employed/penalty-reliefhttps://www.aicpa.org/content/dam/aicpa/advocacy/tax/downloadabledocuments/coronavirus-state-filing-relief.pdf

https://www.aicpa.org/content/dam/aicpa/advocacy/tax/downloadabledocuments/coronavirus-state-filing-relief.pdf

Ther's a national apartment association advocacy grouphttps://www.naahq.org/advocacyhttps://www.naahq.org/news-publications/democratic-municipal-officials-calls-congress-support-rental-assistancehttps://www.naahq.org/advocacy/action-center/advocacy-365You can also sign petitions and join apartment associations it seems

https://www.aicpa.org/content/dam/aicpa/advocacy/tax/downloadabledocuments/coronavirus-state-filing-relief.pdf