Foster v. Britton, 242 Cal. App. 4th 920 (2015)

Citation: Foster v. Britton, 242 Cal. App. 4th 920 (2015)
Parent Document: Foster v. Britton, 242 Cal. App. 4th 920 (2015)
Jurisdiction: California (state)
Effective Date: 2015-12-01
Original Source: https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/3159177/foster-v-britton/ ↗

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          An exception exists that allows a landlord to temporarily sever one or more
housing services in order to perform mandatory seismic work. (Rent Ord., § 37.2,
subd. (r).)
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          We are not swayed by Britton’s suggestion that the tenants’ “exclusive use of
‘assigned’ areas of the backyard, use of the back porch for storage and their own self-
installed washing machines, exclusive use of free parking spaces, [and] permission to
keep pets” constituted “ridiculous liberties” or that tenants who did not agree to give up
those privileges would “run amuck without rules.” To a large extent, these privileges
appear to fall within the definition of “Housing Services.” (Rent Ord., § 37.2, subd. (g).)
Britton also complains that the use of the washing machines on the back porch decks
violated the San Francisco Fire Code and led to a Notice of Violation by the San
Francisco Fire Department. However, Britton makes no effort to explain why such a

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