[quote=CA renter]Perhaps that could be dealt with in some other fashion (code enforcement?).[/quote]
CA Renter, calling “Code Enforcement” is of no use. There are only TWO compliance officers in the entire city, which has grown from 53,000 to 285,000 in the last 12 years.
These TWO (hired only two years ago) are each assigned to a list of lenders. Their job is to constantly monitor the exterior condition of foreclosures by dealing with the lenders’ property managers to get pools emptied, weeds mowed, broken windows replaced, etc. 90% of these properties are in recently-annexed portions of CV where they were originally sold for way too much money during the “bubble.”
They care NOTHING about circa 1965 “grandfathered” garages and room additions built too close to property lines, dead trees (unless leaning on a neighbor’s roof), broken down fences, junk vehicles parked on private property, etc.
