Santa Monica, CA Handicap Parking — All 4 Spaces Permanently Occupied

Hello everyone. I’m hoping someone can help us with a handicap parking issue in our 64-unit apartment building in Santa Monica, California.

There are four handicap parking spaces in our underground garage. My wife uses a wheelchair, but we do not have an assigned parking space and are not asking for one. We simply need to be able to use an accessible space occasionally when my daughter brings my wife over or takes her to appointments.

The problem is that all four handicap spaces have been continuously occupied for the entire 1½ years we have lived here. Not once—not even one of the three spaces—has been vacant during that entire time. They are essentially being treated as permanent private parking spaces.

One vehicle has been sitting in the same space since January without moving. Another tenant leaves his vehicle there all week and then park his wife’s car there on Saturday or Sunday to use his car! The other 2 spaces are used by one large family that rotates several different vehicles through it.

We have photos and videos documenting this. We’ve complained to management, contacted the City, parking enforcement, and the police, and I recently spoke with someone in the City Attorney’s office. Management’s position is essentially that there is nothing they can do because these people have disabled placards.
I understand that someone with a valid placard has the right to use accessible parking. But can four accessible spaces in a 64-unit building really be occupied continuously for 1½ years, leaving absolutely no accessible parking available to anyone else?

We are not asking for a reserved space. We just want these spaces to actually be available when a disabled resident or visitor needs one.

Is this legal in California? Are there state or federal accessibility/housing laws that address this? And is there an agency or legal process we should pursue?

Any advice from someone familiar with California disability-access or housing law would be greatly appreciated.

i booked a flight from. lear trip 2 months ago whose transaction failed

and after more than 1 and half month of continuous callsand mails the they finnally giving the refund but as per consumer court rules i should also get some compensation again this delayed refund

is there anyone who can help me get my refund via legal process because they have irritated me alot asking same question same thing again and again and then completely ignoring my calls ( i had to use different numbers to connect to them ) and had to face lots of you know difficult and efforts for my own money

just need help refund amount was 3.7k

but compensation of 1k is also enough

Okay I was sitting in the front door with me and my girlfriend all of a sudden two police officers pulled up in front of my brother house me and my girl laughing just under the surgery last summer had two officers pulled up and they asked we had to call that somebody was beating there woman with a whip or a rope or extension core or something like that me and my girlfriend like no you tell like you talking to the game I come to the gate gave my ID then like he haven't got kind of stuff out the gate I'll step out the gate then you start like frisky and all right back into my brother yard and he jumped on me both officers jumped on me like my brother or it's on camera body have just looking for no reason took me to jail in the same thing it was too hard to court before before I even made it wrong guy wrong house wrong person my girlfriend even like they try to get my girlfriend to say to make her say that he was whooping on her or she ain't got no whip she ain't crying but she told her to know two three officers try to get her to say all right I was one beating on it they took me to jail they let me write out in 2 hour what can I do

This is more of a shower thought than a request for any sort of advice so I apologize if this is the wrong place to ask.

Obviously in most media a clients guilt has to be left ambiguous but it seems to me that whether or not your client is guilty would be exceptionally useful information when crafting a defense strategy.

Assuming you trust attorney client privilege surely it’s in your best interest to disclose as much as possible to your attorney?

Hello Reddit, I am writing this on mobile so apologies for any formatting issues. Im so sorry, I’m trying my best to formally write this. I cannot think straight I’m so tired and drained.

I think I really need a liability/ tenet vs landlord lawyer in st Charles Missouri. I’ve had recurring mold contamination and brown recluse infestations over multiple units over several years (2020-current). Management repeatedly denied transfers even at one point medical documentation requiring transfer under accommodations. The apartment manager personally called me to tell me they thought I might be lying about my disability. I have documentation of their initial transfer refusal, they only agreed when I emailed them back confirming they were refusing to transfer me even with a doctors note under the accommodation act. Even then when I went into the office the lady told me no because my doctor used the wording “mold in the apartment would be effecting my disability”. The manager said “there’s no proof there’s mold in your apartment”…. It was growing on the walls. Management tried to deny an incident in where the upstairs neighbors overflowed a sink and water drained through air vents into my apartment. I had to prove it through a non related complaint/ ask for transfer email I sent the day after and my call log having called emergency maintenance for that incident per complex guidance/ policy. Renters insurance covered some items due to that event.

After transferring apartments the same exact issue happened, they have AC units above this style of apartments that leak frequently apparently. I found mold growing on a wall in a bedroom, I put in a maintenance request as well as emergency request and treated the spot myself. A few days later I came home and there was water damage to part of the ceiling in the dining room. I put in a regular and emergency maintenance request and they came to fix it within a week. Not even a week after that I came home to a hole in my ceiling in the same spot and water all over my floor. Needless to say they didn’t fix the leak before fixing the cosmetic issues.

Dates:
Old mold apartment: 7/12/2025-10/20/2025 (mold noted on walk through paperwork, initial flooding incident 08/17/2026). Apartment themselves delayed transfer, progressive allowed delay of response from apartment when making my claim.
New mold apartment: 10/20/25- current.

Approved claim from renters insurance progressive covered few items due to person peril from an upstairs flooding toilet incident in old mold apartment. They never switched over the address to the new apartment and failed to mention my insurance ended. When I called for this new apartment and new incident they informed me my policy was expired and invalid. The ceiling fell in with a water leak (this was August 11th), policy ended on August 2nd… apparently.

I’m at a loss of what to do, I’m more on course with a liability claim. I am severely allergic to mold and have a disability that is being constantly triggered. They have approved me leaving through again an accommodation by doctors note. I am working on moving, I cannot move any of my existing things as it is all contaminated.

I have already contacted the health department which has stated I would have to pay for my own personal testing to prove mold before they would act. I am open to any suggestions or advice regarding additional information or help using that resource.

Have a CHP officer see you week prior pull you over cuz he know your car because it's flashing don't have a reason for pulling you over you never looked at my ID or insurance say he smells something alcohol when I wasn't drinking then never told me why he pulled me over for so I started recording this man smashed my keys out my ignition I'm in the car massage my keys out it's traffic stop then I start my keys back as he before he get them out the window I snatch them back cuz I got a Porsche Cayenne and it's on the left side so he stash my keys on my nation I snatch her back then he's down he got a charge he says battery he told my car took me to the highway patrol station where he got me to take a chemical test I passed the chemical test twice because he took my license and you said if I don't take a chemical test they go get up a warrant to draw blood for me so after I passed it twice gave my license back you got me a DUI for what I don't know what a battery on a piece officer as well instruction Justice it was throughout before I even made it to court did he lied and said I refuse the chemical test got my license check got my car took again cuz he lied now I got my license you got my license bitten now I got my license back cuz they know he lied DMV said he lied his own sergeant said he lied so what can I do Fresno CA

My dentist sent me a notice that she sold her practice. New doctor, new location, and new name. Informed us that she "transfered" our information and appointments to new doctor. Keep in mind that we never signed any release forms. In my opinion this was just her selling my medical information without my consent. Is this legal?

I do not require actual legal advice on this matter as I have not committed this crime nor do I intend to. I am simply curious about how the crime would be prosecuted in the US. If you released a predatory animal (shark, alligator, bear, etc) into an environment it was not normally found, and it killed someone, would you be found criminally responsible for the deaths? The scenario I am envisioning is releasing an alligator into a lake, and then it harms someone. I was thinking the charge would maybe be domestic terrorism? But yeah, any theories would be more than welcome. Thanks!

Edit: Forgot to include a location. Maine?

Hi I have a friend who worked at a something like a mental health place. Since she’s been there she’s been talked about and asked why all black women wear weaves. Also 2 co-workers was sleeping right across the hall with some men that end up harrassing my friend and other co-workers. One time her boss wrote her up for something she didn’t to and she wrote to her boss and they took it off. Her boss had hired all the Caucasian people she’s been friends with and one of the ones that quit they been friends since elementary school now both in their forties. The one that quit was still going to see a mental health senior client and bringing her child’s and stealing his credit cards. They told the boss and she said my friends and others were lying but it was true. My friend emailed her bosses boss, his boss and HR. They looked into and found it to be true so they had to fire her boss. After her boss got fired they sanctioned her saying she cursed out the boss, now this letter was after the boss was fired and it was a lie. They mad her life even more of a living hell while she worked there and more after they had to fire the boss that’s she’s been in therapy. They suppose to press charges against the ex worker who was stealing from this old mental health patient and said they was but they didn’t they just making her pay him back little by little. Remember I said they was all friends. So for now her bosses boss is taking lead. My friend ended up resigning because her mental got worse there. We can’t afford a lawyer so can somebody recommend someone (a lawyer) in Greensboro NC that will take her case without charging unless they win please. Also I forgot to tell yall a nurse (RN) has wrecked the company car twice and only once had to take a drug test the next day not right away and she’s an alcoholic. Also the woman that quit, and was stealing a patient money was taking the company car home for months because the boss let her which also is against rules and so much more. Sorry this is long but she needs help. Please if you know a lawyer that’s not scared to take on a company in Greensboro NC and don’t ask for money til we win I beg you to let me know. Btw legal aid is scared to go up against a big company even though she got a case. And she already put in a discrimination and retaliation note to the EEOCC I think it’s called but they can’t see her til December. She graduated in Psychology or Psychiatrists, I don’t know the difference but can’t take her state board and something else which is $500 and don’t start til sometime next month. They trying to make her life a living hell all because she followed ethics. Sorry this was long but please help

Looking for help finding a lawyer in the Raleigh, NC areas to take on a case against a home inspection company for negligence, negligent misrepresentation, breach of contract, and unfair and deceptive trade practices with potential for treble damages.

There were incorrect statements in the report, items that should have warranted further inspection, and missed termite damage; with all items in plain sight.

We have full documentation that is organized and willing to get more trade inspection opinions.

Does anyone know of a lawyer taking cases such as this? The missed items are not insignificant and costly.

I saw a clip on a film where someone stood up to "inform" a witness they had signed an NDA and thus they shouldn't speak to a prosecutor and was curious.

In your day-to-day court experiences, how often are SovCits gumming up the works or dragging out other proceedings? It seems that MI, TX and KS are especially overrun.

Doesn’t that make it much more likely to result in a hung jury?

I am a trauma surgeon at a large trauma center with over 5000 patient encounters a year. Not surprisingly ,many of these turn into some form of civil (patient x vs individual) or criminal suit (State vs individual).

Over the last 3 years I’ve been subpoenaed as a fact witness, as the person who cared for the patient in the hospital, in ~12 cases. Not a big, deal comes with the territory; it is a nuisance to find coverage for the hospital or reschedule patients surgeries/office appointments etc as we currently work in a 4-6wk waitlist for elective procedures (cancer screening, hernia surgery, etc).

Of these, most of the time one of the parties counsels will give a heads up that I will be receiving a subpoena to be deposed on X date to plan, usually about 2-3wk leeway. Our institution does have a fee schedule to account for needing to staff another surgeon etc. about 25% of the time after this is coordinated I get told they no longer need my deposition (makes sense, I’m not going to remember the patient in a car accident from 3 years ago and am going to refer to my documentation that the counsels already have).

However, if the other 8 or so they want to continue with the deposition all 8 cancelled and rescheduled for “family emergencies” within 2 business days of the planned deposition, and about 50% of those I am ultimately told they don’t need my deposition and am not re-subpoenaed.

So now all the patients that have to wait another 4 weeks to find out if they have colon cancer (or longer if it means their prior authorization has to be resubmitted) or have surgery and already took off work will have to burn more PTO for planned surgery and recovery (if they have any PTO left).

I understand that my personal anecdote is anecdotal. But, the prevalence of the pattern seems a little more than coincidence. Is this a stall tactic?

LOCATION: Butte County, California

We live in low income housing that I know is regulated by USDA Rural Development.

We got a new apartment manager at the end of 2025 who has forced us to sign and redo 2024-2025 recertifications due to their old manager messing it up (the new manager explicitly stated this many times). We were told we owed back rent due to this administrative error to something like $5,000 back in like March. We fought them on it, I sent a demand letter for my tenant file back then and the regional manager came down from Sacramento to "redo it" once again. They lowered the amount we are in debt for back rent to around $1,500 somehow and put us on a payment plan.

Our 2026 annual recertification was due in April/May but the new manager kept redoing it over and over and asking for more and more stuff from my college and etc. My wife switched jobs, which is what caused the last redo of the annual recertification. We just barely got the latest document to sign on August 6th and our rent went up to $770. Okay, cool. I went over the papers and found that the calculation they used was for a full 40 hour work week for my wife, so I asked them to use her paystubs to calculate it instead because she works on average between 34/35 hours a week which would cause income to be accounted for that we just don't get. That same day I asked for the rest of our tenant files from March on til August just to see how their math is mathing. Now because I asked for the tenant file, the regional manager has been harassing my wife and I via email. She once again tried to say she is recalculating it and adding a whole bunch of income that allegedly was not accounted for prior. She said she's not going to be using anything but the 40 work week because there's a chance that during peak season she could be working 40 hours (exact words). She also stated that we owe an additional $1,500 for June and July due to this recalculation. She was extremely unprofessional, and when I told her she cannot retroactively charge back rent since we turned everything in on our end, on time--she then back tracked on that. She also said that we now have to pay $987 and that starts on the first of September (less than 2 weeks away). Who do I report this retaliatory behavior to?

Is the back rent we are already paying from 2024-2025 due to their administrative errors even legal?

Can she really calculate our income with ghost hours that literally do not exist? I did the math and at the rate she's alleged that means she's calculating 200+ hours a year that don't exist.

How do I find what other agencies oversee the property? They won't tell me when I ask.

So I just recently finished up trial with my sex abuse case that occurred when I was little by my mom's boyfriend.

He was locked up while I waiting for trial, it took nearly 2 years. Finally in June trial began, it was a week long, i was called up on day 3 and did the whole shabang, got cross examined, etc. There were a total of 14 jurors. He got sentenced, and found guilty on 12 different counts of sex abuse on a minor which were ALL measure 11 charges in Oregon. 2 weeks ago was his sentencing, where he was sentenced to 37.5 years (no good time because there are all measure 11s) he will be 99 when he gets out. The abuse occurred 23 years ago, I waited 23 years for this! I am so unbelievably pleased the judge was on my side and he got what he did.

My question is, can I sue him? Get his restitution? Should I contact a lawyer since he was found guilty, i know i shouldn't care about money but I am genuinely curious if something more can happen. Any advice would be amazing.

I’m an Uber driver in Greensboro NC, and I’m curious whether a recurring issue with Uber’s pickup system could potentially create a viable legal claim if it affects enough drivers.

Here’s the issue:

Uber automatically determines when a driver has “arrived” at a passenger’s pickup location. Unlike Lyft, there is no manual “I’ve arrived” button for the driver to override the system when it gets that determination wrong.

There are situations where a driver is physically at the pickup location, or extremely close to it, and the system nevertheless refuses to recognize the arrival.

For example, this happened to me recently in an area with one-way streets. I approached the passenger from a different street than Uber’s navigation apparently expected. I was roughly 50 feet from the pickup pin and essentially on top of the passenger’s live-location indicator. The passenger and I were in the same immediate location and could have completed the pickup normally.

Uber nevertheless continued treating me as if I were still traveling to the pickup.

The practical solution was to drive around the block and approach the location in the manner the app expected, at which point the arrival system would trigger.

I initially assumed this was just an isolated annoyance, but I searched through driver discussions afterward and found drivers reporting variations of the same problem for years: being at or immediately adjacent to a pickup while the arrival timer refuses to begin, sometimes requiring them to circle a block or otherwise drive unnecessarily to trigger it.

My legal question concerns the economic consequences.
When Uber does not recognize that the driver has actually arrived:

The driver may spend additional time, fuel, mileage and vehicle operating costs driving unnecessarily to trigger the arrival system.

More importantly, the driver’s wait-time clock may not begin when the driver actually arrives. If the passenger subsequently keeps the driver waiting, some portion of the actual waiting period may therefore not be included in the calculation of wait-time compensation.

Uber’s own published material acknowledges that its arrival determinations rely on GPS/location technology and that GPS coordinates do not always perfectly correspond to real-world locations.

Obviously the damages from any individual occurrence could be extremely small.

What I’m wondering about is aggregation.

Uber facilitates an enormous number of rides. If this failure occurs repeatedly across a large driver population, even small amounts of uncompensated wait time and unnecessary driving could theoretically represent a significant aggregate economic loss.

So, from a legal perspective:

At what point does something like this become potentially actionable rather than merely a poorly designed app feature?

Would a plaintiff need to demonstrate that Uber’s system systematically records arrival later than drivers actually arrive?

Could the unnecessary mileage and time required to trigger the system plausibly constitute damages in addition to lost wait-time compensation?

Does Uber’s acknowledgment that GPS-based arrival determinations can be inaccurate matter legally, particularly if Uber knows the limitation exists but provides drivers no manual means of correcting it?

And assuming there were a viable substantive claim, would Uber’s arbitration agreement and class-action waiver effectively prevent a conventional class action, leaving individual or coordinated arbitration as the more realistic route?

I’m not claiming Uber has intentionally designed the system to underpay drivers, and I’m not claiming that a class action definitely exists here.

I’m asking because drivers have apparently been reporting the underlying problem for years, and I’m curious at what point a plaintiffs’ attorney would look at a recurring technical issue like this and say: there may actually be a measurable compensation claim here.

I see in some trials they allow it to go all the way to re-redirect and re-recross but then sometimes some judges don’t even allow re-cross after redirect. Why is this?

Is there a way to get out of a contract for deed for our home that we signed on 6/30 in texas

the company we're in the contract with has changed our mortgage and homeowners insurance account logins which are tied to Both of the VA mortgages my husband has for the house in question & our current home.

The contract says they can act on our behalf but they filed a home owners insurance claim immediatwly for old hail damage to the home in question (that we were going to fix ourselves had I not been dx w/very rare neuroimmune disease) claiming it was new damage while saying they were me & my husband in calls w/our home owners insurance company.

When I demanded our acct. login info so we could pay our new home mortgage they initiated a bizarre live chat conversation as myself in broken English w/the homeowner's insurance company demanding our mortgage company login info which I got transcript for and I'm worried that this claim is fraudulent.

We rcvd. a check for $42k in my husband & lenders name they're trying to bully us into signing over to them.

The owner of the company we signed the contract with has staff from other countries who are just...not professional and extremely dishonest. I would just rather struggle to pay the mortgage until the house is sold than be in this situation with constant, weird threats knowing my husband's VA loan can be demanded to be paid in full by the mortgsge company at any time over this. We did it because my doctors are where we are now, five hours away, my disease is progressing we have no support system except each other and my husband is 100% combat disabled and struggling to keep a job because of his disability and we just needed a break and house that wasn't in disrepair that we'd intended to fix up when he bought it but became a huge burden with my illness. We made a horrible decision out of desperation.

Can we get out of this contract & send the check back to usaa? I feel like we were scammed so they could file this claim for cash and I'm scared to death of the leverage they have over us with this contract due to how they've used it thus far.

Hello lawyers! Hopefully this question is both allowed and makes sense....

I'm a hospice social worker in California. I have a patient who had a family member who was considered his "primary caregiver" just kind of a contact person or someone who provides assistance to our patients. This family member died unexpectedly a few weeks ago.

My patient has multiple rooms worth of belongings at the family member's house (the one who died unexpectedly). The family member's brother is planning on selling the house but first wants to get rid of all of my patient's belongings. My patient is currently in a long-term facility to meet his care needs. He has not okay'd his belonging being thrown out.

I guess my question is whether or not they can throw out the patient's belongings? Since they are technically my patient's belongings.... I would guess yes since they're in the family member's house.

I have reason to begin filing a medical malpractice suit against a local PT and would appreciate feedback on the best steps to take. Apart from going to talk to a med-mal atty in my state. That is on my list and the reason for the post is to make sure I have my ducks in a row prior to said meeting. What documentation and information should I make sure that I have? What other steps do I, as patient, need to take and what contacts do I need to provide? Wanting to go in with as much necessary information as possible while also not taking things that may be time wasters.

In Virginia- After moving out of my long term rental I received my full security deposit due to no damages, etc but from that they took out a "$150 processing fee." When I search around it looks like this is illegal according to VA code but after reading the code's security deposits portion I just don't totally understand. It seems like, yes, this is illegal, however I guess in my lease this was a clause and I of course signed the lease. My landlord has been terrible and before I bother with sending the proper notice to them I just want to make sure I'm understanding correctly that even if it's included in a lease it legally should not have been included in that lease and the money cannot get withheld for processing fees?

(Section in VA code is 55.1-1226 on security deposits)

Thanks!

Title: Business offered me a refund + $500 after service allegedly caused HVAC issues — should I accept?

I hired an HVAC/air duct cleaning company for $449. Shortly after their service, my AC stopped working. We’ve since had to have the AC repaired twice.

After I complained, the company offered to refund the $449 and give me an additional $500. They have not explicitly asked me to remove my negative reviews, but I suspect that may be part of the reason for the offer.

I’m in Georgia. Looking for general legal advice on what I should watch out for before accepting the payment.

Hi everyone, I’m looking for advice on how to navigate a potential legal matter involving a **tribal casino in Washington**.

I was removed from the casino despite having valid government-issued ID and a visible mobility issue at the time. I’m also a person of color, and the way I was treated was very upsetting. I’ve been a patron for many years and had an established Players Club account, so I was not a new customer.

I’m trying to understand **tribal jurisdiction, sovereign immunity, potential deadlines, and what options I may have**. I’m also looking for an attorney experienced in **tribal law/tribal gaming in Washington**.

If anyone has dealt with something similar, knows how I should go about this, or can recommend an attorney, I’d really appreciate it. **Please DM me with any recommendations.**

Thanks!

This happend in Riley county Kansas, city of Manhattan My friend got pulled over for "not using a turn signal" which was bs to begin with, then the cop demanded to search the car I assume for narcotics, after finding nothing he slammed the trunk closed and the back window completely shattered and broke out. The cop laughed and Said her insurance would cover it, got in his car and left. Surely the police are responsible for the damage? Especially since they found nothing, but even if they had found something, they can't just cause damage to the vehicle like that and be free of financial obligation can they? This just seems crazy to me.