Hi @everyone
Spoke with my dad about code enforcement (CE) stuff. Quick summary of what I learned:
CE Assignments:
There is no assigned inspector for the city. Code enforcement officers are assigned areas within the city. So, if tenants have city code complaints and have addressed them to their landlord without results, they can call CE or Neighborhood Services. So best way to contact is probably through the phone that was one the website.
Cockroaches:
-he said they that often times with a CE officer goes out to a property, if they see that a house looks “trashed” where there is food and garbage in many places, they will likely not cite the landlord and tell the tenet that they need to tidy and contain sources for bugs to enter. BUT, I stated that it’s in several properties-so he said that would seem like a landlord issue in that case. But since CalVilla has separate owners for some of these places, it complicates things.
Concern about CE as part of SPD:
- if/when CE is sent to a property, they will not call or reports on a tenant about legal status, or even if they have drugs in the house, for example.
Self-certification inspections:
-They are a thing boo </3
- he said that yes some do lie, they do audit them but only about 10% of them
though he said some do lie. They just pay a fee and wait until inspection is due again to self-certify 
Hope this helps.