Daily Archives: October 15, 2014

The state of California has suffered under a decade long bed bug infestation epidemic resulting in thousands of individuals who have suffered severe bug bites and other detrimental effects to their health. In reaction the state of California as well as county and local government have enacted various laws and ordinances to tackle the bed bug scourge. Below is important legal information for individuals who have suffered severe bed bug bites due to infestations in their hotel/motel rooms or apartment complexes.

Legal Help: Our law firm is dedicated to providing legal representation for victims who have suffered from bed bug bites. All confidential case review and legal consultations are provided with our attorneys free of charge.

California Health and Safety Code Section 17920.3

Any building or portion thereof including any dwelling unit, guestroom or suite of rooms, or the premises on which the same is located, in which there exists any of the following listed conditions to an extent that endangers the life, limb, health, property, safety, or welfare of the public or the occupants thereof shall be deemed and hereby is declared to be a substandard building: (a) Inadequate sanitation shall include, but not be limited to, the following:

Infestation of insects, vermin, or rodents as determined by the health officer.

General dilapidation or improper maintenance.

Appendix 2- California Code of Regulations, Title 25, Chapter 1, Subchapter 1

Section 40. Bedding: In every apartment house or hotel, every part of every bed, including the mattress, sheets, blankets, and bedding shall be kept in a clean, dry sanitary condition, free from filth, urine, or other foul matter, and from the infection of lice, bedbugs or other insects. The bed linen in a hotel shall be changed before a new guest occupies the bed. In every dwelling unit where linen is furnished, the linen shall be changed before a new guest occupies the dwelling unit.

25 CCR 40 Bedding. State Housing and Community Development- Bedding

Beds in apartments and hotels that supply beds and bedding to renters must ensure that all bedding is clean and free of bedbugs. Linens must be changed before a new occupier occupies the unit. Hotel bedding must be changed before each new guest arrives.

See more here:
Bed bug Bite Laws California : Hotel Apartment Infestations

A Patten Towers resident plans to inform tourists that the alleged failure of the administration of Chattanooga Mayor Andy Berke has led to a bedbug crisis in the city. He has threatened to post notices around the city in highly-trafficked areas warning of the city's bedbug problem.

A Patten Towers resident plans to go public with what he says is a bed bug infestation at the landmark downtown residence that's home to low-income disabled and elderly residents.

William Stevens threatens to hand out flyers starting on Nov. 1 warning tourists and visitors that they could be exposed to bed bugs when they ride the electric shuttle bus or visit downtown businesses patronized by Patten Tower residents.

"While the buses and businesses may not be infested, the very low-income, poor and disabled people are, and many or them sit right next to you and your children," Williams wrote in an email he sent the media.

Patten Towers had a third party come in and spray for bed bugs this summer, according to an article that ran in July in the Times Free Press.

California real estate mogul Greg Perlman, whose company PK Management oversees Patten Towers, didn't immediately return a call today seeking comment.

Previous news report:

about Staff Report...

Get breaking news from the Times Free Press on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/timesfreepress or by visiting us on Facebook or Twitter at the right:

See original here:
Man threatens to warn tourists about bed bug infestation in Chattanooga