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It IS a valid issue.
CD should be able to set the Forum software to "auto lock' threads after a period of inactivity.
All threads... with a consistently applied time period.
I'd like to see that time period set at six months.
In this instance the last post to the thread was almost three years prior.
A simple pop up instructing the newbie to start a new thread of their own... should be plenty.
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A more subtle instruction to continue their topic searching to find another still active thread...
one that might even be more closely related to the too frequently nearly non-sequitur like points... would be even better.
But this would probably confuse the newbie even more.
It IS a valid issue.
CD should be able to set the Forum software to "auto lock' threads after a period of inactivity.
All threads... with a consistently applied time period.
I'd like to see that time period set at six months.
In this instance the last post to the thread was almost three years prior.
A simple pop up instructing the newbie to start a new thread of their own... should be plenty.
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A more subtle instruction to continue their topic searching to find another still active thread...
one that might even be more closely related to the too frequently nearly non-sequitur like points... would be even better.
But this would probably confuse the newbie even more.
I'd like to see the same..while the info is good and ppl can gain knowledge from them...digging up old threads and commenting on them really doesn't do any good. The OP and the situation are usually long gone.
And posting links to closed threads is like beating a dead horse, get off already. Must be a slow day in the neighborhood.
It is absolutely ATTEMPTED EXTORTION as defined in California Penal Code Section 524..... When posting a reply, don't respond to an OP's question or most likely URGENT concern like some dumb-dumb drunk who only wants to project responses based on YOUR own personal beliefs of what something should or shouldn't be..... Bottom line, if you THREATEN someone in order to get them to pay you money they are NOT already legally entitled to, they are attempting to EXTORT you.
It is absolutely ATTEMPTED EXTORTION as defined by California Penal Code Section 524.
(And to all you wannabe attorneys on this thread and elsewhere, NO LANDLORD HAS THE LEGAL RIGHT TO EVICT A TENANT IN CALIFORNIA FOR BREACH OF CONTRACT WITHOUT FIRST GIVING THAT TENANT WRITTEN NOTICE OF THE BREACH ***AND*** THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS IT! Stop incorrectly advising your fellow man!)
By the landlord refusing to amend the lease as a principal dynamic to his threat, he is essentially forfeiting his "right" to the money he is demanding you pay under the force and fear of a threat of eviction - which again by his demand for more money but refusal to amend the lease, would be an illegal one. The money he is demanding is conditioned upon you NOT requiring he amend the lease. Because if you do require it, he won't accept the money.
Legally, he can only demand more money if the lease is amended to reflect an agreement that you will pay him that money in exchange for a now "fifth" tenant in the property.
If the lease agreement says "no more than 4 people", he can sue you breach of contract in civil court by filing an Unlawful Detainer, but ONLY after he has given you proper written notice of the "breach", time to "cure" that breach, and you have not cured that breach - (Known as a "3, 5, 10, 15, 20, or 30 Day Notice To Cure Breach Or Quit/Vacate")
There is nothing in the California Code of Civil Procedure stating he can evict you by verbal demand, or order you to pay money not stated within the actual lease agreement.
This landlord is not entitled to money that isn't specified in the lease agreement or determined in the California Code of Civil Procedure. However he IS entitled to cooperatively amend the lease or peacefully ask you (in writing) to honor the terms of the current lease agreement. And if you don't honor the current lease agreement, he can file for an eviction with the court - never before, only AFTER you haven't honored the lease agreement upon his written request to do so.
BUT, by him amending the lease to reflect a "fifth" tenant and the extra money he is requesting, he would actually be admitting to an illegal rent increase - because he wouldn't be increasing the rent on the PROPERTY, but increasing it on a PERSON.
If your landlord is the type to get angry when you "do something wrong" and treat you like an orphan child with no rights, chances are this landlord is breaking many laws regarding your Tenancy, and is guilty of many breaches of contract.
FACT 1: 99% of California Landlords are doing something, not doing something, or DID something their tenants can sue them for and WIN.
FACT 2: 99% of California Tenants are in UNJUSTIFIED FEAR of their landlord.
FACT 3: In California, there are far more laws protecting the TENANT, than there are laws favorable to the landlord.
Bottom line, if someone THREATENS you in order to get you to pay them money they are NOT already legally entitled to, they are attempting to EXTORT you.
Most landlords suck. And it's LANDLORDS who are ultimately responsible for the condition of our communities.
It is legally upon the LANDLORD to maintain the condition of the property he controls, the safety of that property, the safety of the tenants in that property, the safety of the tenants in the surrounding properties, and to follow all laws pertaining to that property and the tenants within it.
Problem is, most landlords don't know the law or care to know. They just wanna keep their tenants in check and collect their money without fulfilling their part of the agreement. Most landlords believe 4 walls and a roof is the extent of their responsibility to their tenants... WRONG!
STOP letting your landlord control you with fear.
NOTE TO ALL POSTERS: When posting a reply, don't respond to an OP's question, or most likely URGENT concern, like some dumb-dumb drunk who only wants to project responses based on YOUR own personal (and in many cases misguided) beliefs of what something is or isn't, or should or shouldn't be.. This approach helps no one.
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Why do so many posters not understand that the RELEVANCE of a post never expires?
I have a library of over 12,000 non-fiction books.
My most valuable titles that I constantly revisit for guidance in my companies' affairs are from 1928 and BEFORE.
"Questions answered yesterday offer solutions for today."
I never implied it did not have any relevance to the OP's post. Many times posters who respond to a thread that is old are not aware that it is old and may be expecting a response from the OP who could be long gone by now. That is all. Carry on....
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So did you apparently.
Many times posters who respond to a thread that is old are not aware that it is old and may be expecting a response from the OP who could be long gone by now. That is all. Carry on....
