This booklet is a guide of the events and steps which occur in the foreclosure process and contains useful information about the. There are two ways to accomplish a commercial foreclosure in California: (1) nonjudicial foreclosure or (2) judicial foreclosure.The foreclosure process in California typically takes around 4 to 5 months, a minimum of 111 days from start to finish. Among the most prominent features of the current housing crisis has been an unprecedented jump in the incidence of mortgage delinquencies and foreclosures. Foreclosure occurs when a borrower fails to make mortgage payments, leading the lender to repossess and sell the property to recover the owed amount. Learn how the California foreclosure process works, including preforeclosure steps, foreclosure procedures, and homeowners rights. In California, owners may face two types of foreclosure proceedings, which are non-judicial and judicial foreclosure. The recorded document creates, terminates, or reconveys a lender's interest in the property. They are essentially the remaining equity that you had in the property. Failure to make payments results in the foreclosure of the mortgage.