LAist: Steve-O, Apartment Law & Smoking

worriedman

Sun, 09 Mar 2008 14:23:51 -0800

LOCAL ASSHOLE UPDATE: Sunday 3/9/2008-- 2pm... He's being evicted today... SteveO trashed his apt last night...bashed his microwave, ceiling fan, windows, fired a gun at his own head, set his crotch on fire! He was having an 'eviction party' at noon today. Knoxville showed up, wee-man and Jeff Tremaine are in there with some other people. Later they all came out, with Steve-o. They were looking up at the window to Steve-o's apt then left in 3 cars. I think they were planning what they were going to do, then left to go get supplies. I'm pretty sure they plan to set up a hot tub in the front and then jump out the window into the tub. Then toss a bunch of shit out. Send a writer/photog. 1443 N. Fuller Ave

laxist

Tue, 04 Mar 2008 01:13:39 -0800

Rent control activists need not fear anti-smoking ordinances. The bulk of the just-cause evictions allowed under LA City rent control DO NOT ALLOW the rent to be raised. A law permitting landlords to evict inconsiderate smokers would be treated in the same manner, and would not be undertaken lightly, as eviction costs owners real money.

worriedman

Mon, 03 Mar 2008 16:30:15 -0800

My friend lives in the same hallway as Steve O, a few feet from the whole incident.... we've been watching the chaos unfold for weeks. Its a total neighbor VS neighbor BATTLE....This arrest was immenent. Watch these videos before Steve O gets outta jail and deletes them: part 1... yelling, door pounding, spitting, cops called.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_vLbYP2Qm8 part 2, funnier than the first (my friend andrew is in the doorway): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KegqCfNebY The arresting incident... SteveO bashed a hole in the wall, exposing the enemy's living room... and then put a big ass speaker inside the hole, blaring rap music into the dude's apartment.

hc

Mon, 03 Mar 2008 15:02:31 -0800

Personally, as someone who's very sensitive to cigarette smoke, I'd love to live in an apartment building that banned all smoking. Fortunately it hasn't been a problem for me here, but I lived in an apartment New York with a chain smoker next door. I don't know if it's because the ventilation was bad or because this woman smoked so much there just wasn't any more room in her apartment for the smoke, but regardless, my apartment smelled like a smokers' apartment.

Hindinwood

Mon, 03 Mar 2008 13:15:33 -0800

My landlord recently posted a notice that there was to be no smoking indoors OR outdoors. Is that legal? It seems a little extreme to me...

Donna Lethal

Mon, 03 Mar 2008 12:47:19 -0800

My landlord (a balcony chainsmoker) has taken to serving us all with three-day notices at 12:01 am on the 2nd of the month. Like most LA apartment complexes, a lot of my neighbors smoke outside, while pot smoke drifts out of at least 8 different apartments.