You stated concerns about your mental health and irritability as reasons why you could not speak with me today. With that in mind, I agree.
Please stop communicating with the property managers and instead communicate with Step Up On Second staff as far as your needs and concerns.
From the screenshots of text messages they sent me, Your approach to the management of the housing has been considered abusive, disrespectful, and vaguely threatening that they are concerned for their livelihood and safety. If that is not your intention, please understand it is being read and understood in those ways.
I look forward to working with our teams to help resolve your concerns in a timely manner. We’ll be in touch.
Sincerely,
Ruben Cordero
Case Manager
StepUp.Org
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7. my apt manager also LAPD/Detective re: my complaint textings to her.
LAPD told me that my apt manager acted irrationally/unreasonably upon my legitimate complaint process.
Case Closed
In my opinion, my apt manager is NOT well Educated in the matter of property management.
California’s Fair Employment and Housing Act prohibits those engaged in the housing business – landlords, real estate agents, home sellers, builders, mortgage lenders, among others – from discriminating against tenants or homeowners listed in the section “Who is protected?”
(It is also illegal for cities, counties, or other local government agencies to make zoning or land-use decisions, or have policies, that discriminate against individuals based on those traits):
Violations of the anti-discrimination law include the following:
1.Refusal to sell, rent, or lease rooms, apartments, condos or houses to protected individuals
2.Refusal to negotiate for the sale, rental, or lease of housing
3.Representation that a housing accommodation is not available for inspection, sale, or rental when it is in fact available
4.Denial of a home loan or homeowner’s insurance
5.Cancellation or termination of a sale or rental agreement
6.Policies, practices, terms, or conditions that result in unequal access to housing or housing-related services
7.Offering inferior terms, conditions, privileges, facilities or services in connection with the housing accommodation
8.Sexual harassment involving unwanted sexual advances or requiring sexual favors for housing rights or privileges
9.Refusal to permit, at a disabled tenant’s expense, reasonable modifications when necessary to accommodate a disability
10.Refusal to make reasonable accommodations in housing rules, policies, practices, or services where necessary to afford a disabled person equal opportunity to use and enjoy a dwelling
11.Retaliation against someone filing a complaint
12.Overly restrictive rules limiting the activities of daily life for families with children, including where children are allowed to play
LA tenants now have more options to sue landlords for harassment
The ordinance was first proposed in 2017, and finally passed by City Council in June,2021
A controversial ordinance in Los Angeles that gives renters more legal recourse to sue their landlords for harassment and stiffens penalties goes into effect today.
The citywide measure defines more than a dozen examples of landlord misconduct, including inquiring about a tenant’s immigration status, retaliating for tenant organizing, failing to perform necessary repairs and refusing to acknowledge receipt of payments. Aggrieved tenants can use the protections as an “affirmative defense” against action brought by landlords; they can also use the ordinance as a basis to sue.
Under the law — called the Anti-Harassment of Tenants Ordinance — local civil courts can award tenants up to $10,000 per violation, and an additional $5,000 if the tenant is over 65 or disabled. The ordinance also classifies the harassment as a criminal misdemeanor, with a maximum $1,000 fine per offense.
Although state laws banning landlord harassment are already in place, L.A. tenants and advocates have argued that beefed up local protections were a necessary defense against a rising tide of aggression by landlords who turn to nasty intimidation tactics as a displacement strategy. The problem has likely been exacerbated during the pandemic, as many renters have been unable to make payments and eviction moratoriums have prevented landlords from initiating legal proceedings. L.A. County’s eviction moratorium runs through September.
“The truth of the matter is, harassment happens,” Chancela Al-Mansour, executive director of the nonprofit Housing Rights Center, told LAist. “And the reason why it happens is because oftentimes, the penalties are not severe enough.”
As the law went through public comment late last year, numerous tenants expressed their support, describing landlord harassment that included death threats, early morning door banging, lock changing and removing tenants’ belongings. “For the landlord who wants only higher profits, direct harassment is often a cheaper and faster road to vacating a unit,” one nonprofit attorney wrote to the City Council.
PROPERTY INFORMATION Assessor Parcel Number: 5502003015 Total Units (legal unit count may vary): 20 Rent Registration Number: 0096453 *Census Tract: 211910 *Council District: 10 Official Address: 330 S MARIPOSA AVE, Los Angeles, CA 90020 Total Exemption Units: 0 Rent Office ID: Wilshire Code Regional Area: Central Regional Office Year Built: 1950 *Bureau of Engineering Data
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