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California Civil Code 1941.1 -
"The implied warranty of habitability requires residential landlords to maintain/repair their rented properties in a habitable condition."
https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/implied_warranty_of_habitability
https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=CIV§ionNum=1941.1.
1942.
"(a) If within a reasonable time after written or oral notice to the landlord or his agent, as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 1962, of dilapidations rendering the premises untenantable which the landlord ought to repair, the landlord neglects to do so, the tenant may repair the same himself where the cost of such repairs does not require an expenditure more than one month’s rent of the premises and deduct the expenses of such repairs from the rent when due, or the tenant may vacate the premises, . . . "
https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=CIV§ionNum=1942.
"Contact the Los Angeles Housing Department by phone at 213-252-2500 or in person at one of the offices listed on its website at hacla.org. Complete a complaint form at the Los Angeles Housing Department if the landlord does not make repairs within reasonable times
(20 ~ 30 days ?) of your written notice. "
집주인에게 서면 또는 구두로 'repair 요구 통지' 후,
충분한 시간 (30 일?) 이내에 수리를 하지 않는 경우,
로스 앤젤레스 주택 부 (213-252-2500)에 클레임을 제기 filing a claim 해야 . . .
집주인과 협의, 또는 small claims court 를 통하여 좋은 결과가 있기를 바랍니다.