COVID + Government Commandeering Hotel Rooms

What government actions support the government taking hotel rooms?

• Presidential Declaration included the Stafford Act authorizes FEMA to exercise the right of eminent domain to acquire both physical facilities and supplies
• California Governor’s executive order allows the commandeering of any hotel or medical facility in California and use it to treat COVID-19

Compensation? Yes, but is limited to applicable federal law, state law, or the agreement a hotel reaches with the government.

Hotel Management | Can the government commandeer hotels to fight COVID-19?