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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’d be happier about this proposal if I thought the county had any interest in enforcing the current code or future code. People post illegal ADUs for rent on NextDoor and FB Marketplace and Craigslist all the time. The county could be sitting on a cash cow of fines and also making housing safer for tenants who are living in unsafe conditions, and addressing safety and infrastructure in neighborhoods that have 3 and 4 families living in single family homes.

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We have several of these in our neighborhoods.  Normally owned by Chinese landlords and rented out to recent (Latino) immigrants.  They are absolutely not up to code.  Not up to building code and not up to fire code.  No rental licenses.  There is currently very little enforcement.

One of these homes recently was purchased and the new owners found that ALL the electric work had to be redone.  There were huge issues and none of the wiring was done as it should have been.  Definitely fire hazards.

It is clear that the County is not enforcing the laws that are already in place.  This has allowed these illegal rentals to flourish.  Like PP said, you can find them all over Craigslist and NextDoor.  [/quote]

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