Advice for landlord situation in California
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Posted Aug 20, 2020, 9:49 PM UTC
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Good for you exercising your rights!
I would find a lawyer experienced with Civil Code §1947.6 and dealing with landlords and they should be able to write a letter to your landlord and I would expect you see them start to cooperate quickly.
You'll have have to pay the nominal hourly rate for their legal services but I would guess they can write the letter and serve it within an two or so hours of time / cost. I think it would be worth it.
Good luck!
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Another way to go about this:
Does CA provide any template letters or forms that you can fill out and mail to your landlord? Does CA provide a support line or help desk that you could talk to them to get suggestions on next steps? I'm sure you are not alone and I'd imagine they provide some type of support or guidance to people looking to start this process. Just some ideas.
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Can you contact the owner directly? Maybe the person you are dealing with is not understanding the need and has neglected to explain or even send it to the correct person. If denial is confirmed, the attorney letter suggested on another comment is a good idea.
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No. The old bag keeps herself well insulated.
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LOL
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Landlord in CA here. That provision - which we also include directly in our leases - does have some exceptions. For example less than 5 spaces on the property. Make sure none of those exceptions apply to you. If you are willing to pay all the costs seems your landlord is being too obtuse. More and more cars will be electric and this would be a big ask in the future from tenants. Silly not to do it for that reason alone.
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A CA landlord would be smart to get ahead of the curve and preemptively install chargers at many/all spaces. Then charge more rent :)
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Have you made it clear that you are willing to pay all costs of the install, per 1947.6(g)(4)? I see that your initial email mentioned "at my own expense" but it appears to be in reference just to drafting up the plans and determining the cost of charging.
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That's a good. point I will expand on that.
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I can appreciate you're opinion but the law would say otherwise. http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1796 So in a way you're right. I'm literally entitled to this by law. Hope things are alright at home.
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I hope you spend your money cuz you'll lose. Grow up.
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it sounds like you could be my landlord? how come you won't email me back?
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Before you hit the downvote choice, remember no one owes you anything. You have ZERO property ownership, zero risk in paying for property maintenance, property mortgage, or property taxes.
This is not at all how leasing works and the law OP cited is incredibly clear as to what their rights are as a renter.
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No law pays the owners to give their rights to people who lease from them. Sorry...you're wrong.
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I have no idea what you're trying to say.
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don't feed the trolls
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Pay attention.
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Get a lawyer to write a simple letter. For many landlords, nothing will get done until they see the Esq. at the end of an email or letter.
Speaking from experience. I once had an issue with my landlord that they were being incredibly stubborn on. The tone changed immediately when I wrote from my firm's letterhead.
This right here. My guess is that as soon as they see a lawyer they will change their tune.
^^ Right here. Having worked in property management in the past, a lot of owners or managers are just busy with other stuff and little things like this can get forgotten / ignored without that extra little nudge.