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Date: Fri, 05 Sep 2014 07:15:22 -0700
From: Richard Childers <fscked@sbcglobal.net>
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To: ray.smith@co.humboldt.ca.us
Subject: Re: Request information, contacts, enforcement for grey/green/black
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When I go into my daughters' bedroom in the morning, I can smell the 
mold in the air.

Should I just start at the top, again? It seems kind of silly if I'm 
just going to end up talking to the same person, about the same 
property, again.


Regards,

~richard
707-725-7995




On 09/01/14 15:08, Richard Childers wrote:
> 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?
>
>