X-Mozilla-Status: 0003 X-Mozilla-Status2: 00800000 X-Mozilla-Keys: Message-ID: <5404EE48.40900@sbcglobal.net> Date: Mon, 01 Sep 2014 15:08:08 -0700 From: Richard Childers User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD i386; rv:10.0.3) Gecko/20120327 Thunderbird/10.0.3 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: ray.smith@co.humboldt.ca.us Subject: Request information, contacts, enforcement for grey/green/black molds Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="------------060807080508090602000803" This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------060807080508090602000803 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Ray, As a result of removing everything from our apartment and disposing of all of our bedding and sleeping in folding cots, in sleeping bags - all of it, at our own expense - the walls are now bare. I am seeing various colors of mold growing on various walls in various rooms. Grey, green, maybe black molds. The molds are all growing at the base of the wall, along the baseboards. My question is: *How is this possible? The room was just painted in February. With several layers of thick outdoor paint. * How can mold be growing, so soon? Is this building in compliance with well-thought-out laws relating to infestations of mold ... or proper air circulation, for that matter? (There is no air circulation because the only windows that have screens in the entire apartment complex are those on the maintenance man's apartment - it's not possible to open the windows without house flies coming inside. Apparently the previous manager stole the screens and sold them on the black market. The owners refuse to replace them, and, in fact, I have heard rumors that they intend to force the current tenants to each replace their own, at the time that they leave.) How would I go about making a formal complaint about multiple mold infestations, at 137 12th Street, Fortuna, CA 95540? There are so many different kinds of mold in so many different rooms - it's just not possible to do this in a few months, during the warmest, driest period of the entire year. If this is what it is like during the summer ... what is it going to be like, during the winter? Regards, ~richard 707-725-7995 PS: My wife's sister, visiting from New Zealand, last month, during the peak of the infestation, commented that, in New Zealand, buildings need to be licensed by an inspector before they can be rented, and the licensing requires regular replacements of carpet, plasterboard, etc and, basically, an inspection, all the way down to the frame ... every ten years. Are there similar building regulations that are applicable on a state or county level, here in California? --------------060807080508090602000803 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Ray,

As a result of removing everything from our apartment and disposing of all of our bedding and sleeping in folding cots, in sleeping bags - all of it, at our own expense - the walls are now bare.

I am seeing various colors of mold growing on various walls in various rooms. Grey, green, maybe black molds.

The molds are all growing at the base of the wall, along the baseboards.

My question is: How is this possible? The room was just painted in February. With several layers of thick outdoor paint.

How can mold be growing, so soon?

Is this building in compliance with well-thought-out laws relating to infestations of mold ... or proper air circulation, for that matter?

(There is no air circulation because the only windows that have screens in the entire apartment complex are those on the maintenance man's apartment - it's not possible to open the windows without house flies coming inside. Apparently the previous manager stole the screens and sold them on the black market. The owners refuse to replace them, and, in fact, I have heard rumors that they intend to force the current tenants to each replace their own, at the time that they leave.)

How would I go about making a formal complaint about multiple mold infestations, at 137 12th Street, Fortuna, CA 95540?

There are so many different kinds of mold in so many different rooms - it's just not possible to do this in a few months, during the warmest, driest period of the entire year.

If this is what it is like during the summer ... what is it going to be like, during the winter?

Regards,

~richard
707-725-7995

PS: My wife's sister, visiting from New Zealand, last month, during the peak of the infestation, commented that, in New Zealand, buildings need to be licensed by an inspector before they can be rented, and the licensing requires regular replacements of carpet, plasterboard, etc and, basically, an inspection, all the way down to the frame ... every ten years.

Are there similar building regulations that are applicable on a state or county level, here in California?

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