🚀 go-pugleaf

Tony wrote:
> 
> On Thu, 07 May 1998 12:49:30 -0700, Amy Hughes <ashughes@usc.edu>
> wrote:
> 
> >If the landlord can't get the tenants to be quiet, call the
> >police.  The police don't have to say who complained. There are
> >restrictions on noise in L.A., especially in the better parts.
> >
> >amy!
> 
> Hi Amy.  I've been thinking about doing that, but am somewhat worried
> about retaliation.  The manager is just as crazy as the tenants, and
> doing anything to set either side against me might cost me much more
> than I'm ready to risk at this point.  If it gets bad enough I just
> might have to do that, but in the end it might make things worse.  The
> manager tends to side with the bad tenants for some reason, and if I
> call police on one of them, it's almost certain the manager will take
> their side.  Oh well.

I guess it depends on how loud the noise is.  If you are the only
one who could possibly complain, they might suspect it is you.  Here
in South Pasadena, we had rock band that would practice in the
next building over, with all the windows open.  It was annoying 
even in the middle of the day.  Why should I have to close my
windows to watch TV or speak on the phone?   We, and several 
other people, made anonymous complaints each time they made too
much noise.  Eventually, they stopped completely.  We didn't
encounter any problems with having to identify ourselves to the 
police or otherwise.  (and we did get chuckles each time
the music abruptly stopped and we heard "This is the police"  ;)

There is no reason why the landlords should be drawn into it if the
noise can be heard from outside the apartment.  The police will give
them a warning.  If they get to many warnings, I believe they get a
citation (which may involve a fine).    It's your call, you know
the situation better than I do.  You might try asking other
neighbors if they can ever hear the noise to see whether they
bother more than just you.  

amy!