AnonymousBy an edhat reader
The Sheriff’s department responded two times last night and the 6th or 7th time over the last few months to a home in the 3700 block of Foothill Road for large parties with supposed underage drinking. There have been reports of trespassing to neighboring properties and late-night disturbances by numerous people who appear to be intoxicated.
There have been several 911 calls to the sheriff’s department regarding the same issue with no lasting resolve. Is there anything that can be done?
There is provision in California to file private nuisance lawsuits. These can be filed in Small Claims Court. The owners of this property are responsible for the conduct of the tenants assuming you have complained. In any event, responding to a lawsuit will certainly get the attention of the property owner.
Easy. Go over to their electrical panel, lift the lid and throw the main breakers. No power. No party. And believe me, it takes hours for drunks to figure out what happened.
The problem with Small Claims is that them being sued know who you are, with that the potential of retaliation. In any event, you need to go after the owner of the property, not the renters. If you go to small claims and after judgement, it continues, consider hiring a private attorney, have them make it clear that you will be seeking attorney fees, plus mental anguish, and other health issues…
Let them party old timer.
If loud and unreasonable noise persists between the hours of 10:00 PM and 7:00 AM Sunday through Thursday and between 12:00 midnight and 7:00 AM Friday and Saturday, call 911 and report it. In our case, it was 1:00 am at the house near us. I gave the address to the SBSO Dispatch. They asked if I would sign a complaint. I responded affirmatively and I gave my name. A short time later I saw two units drive up to the house. The noise was so loud the partiers didn’t respond to the knock by the deputies on their front door. The deputies walked to the back yard. They observed the 415 PC, disturbing the peace misdemeanor themselves. and ordered the hosts/guests to shut it down or be cited. A profane response from the hosts, but then immediate quiet. We never had another problem with that house again.
actually no, do NOT call 911 about a noise complaint. 911 is for actual emergencies where people are in danger. a fun yet loud party isn’t for 911. just call the SBPD main line and ask for dispatch
So i have read, re-read and even posted a somewhat constructive and somewhat polite piece on this. Now I just saw a post that really made me think. He’s right. Let the kids party ya old timer. I mean really, look at all of these wanna be cops, standing around taking notes, logging down times and blah blah blah. Either go talk to the home owner, or get over it. I had a few huge parties at my place downtown, our band played too. Until 2am. I notified all neighbors a week prior, inviting them, i even gave them ear plugs if they chose not to. the cops came, sure, they were cool. in fact, i happened to know both of them. we stopped to talk to them of course, but we started right back up. I also told the cops we would be doing so because the party was ending after one more tune. Guess what!!! EVERYONE LIVED. EVERYONE KEPT THEIR JOBS, EVERYONE WAS OK. So you too will be ok. Again, it’s kids partying, just like you did when you were young.
Totally agree SHMONK.
Some people forget they were young once. Others, I suppose, were just losers then, and losers now.
Yes. You only have to look around at all the anti-mask idiots to see that we have become a society that only thinks of “me, me, me first”.
6:52 – I gather you didn’t have room to list all the Republicon Senators and Representatives, governors, etc.
and some wonder why we dont link airBNB here. sad you had to do that leg work
At least there wasn’t an encampment fire.
Lets see.
Drug and alcohol use
Noise until very late at night
Fights
Urination and defecation
Trash everywhere
Property stolen from neighbors
Fire hazard
Lets be consistent and send a social worker to contact the people at the party house, lets not tow their vehicles or touch them or their stuff.
Think of the encampment off away from the rest that doesn’t have the drunks, the addicts.
They have a rager next door all day, everyday.
Can they be NIMBY’s?
No. Because people who live in actual houses and apartments with running water, electricity etc have decided that it is compassionate to let their mentally ill, drunk, addicted neighbors run wild.
Welcome to the Jungle. Don’t like it when its at your house? Call a social worker
Apologies.
I said property was stolen when I should have said “property was reallocated”
1974 San Antonio,TX while stationed at Fort Sam Houston (Pharmacy Training) I had the pleasure of going to the June 4th concert: Ten Years After; Robin Trower; & King Crimson
https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/king-crimson/1974/municipal-auditorium-san-antonio-tx-3bd884a4.html was life changing? Best part was that my two Army buds went also, one drove his car & they were up front, I got the back seat to myself… Pretty messed up passing the “Doobe’s” back & forth @ 1 point being pretty baked I tossed it out the window (thinking the had given me a cigarette!), they cut me off right then no more passing to the backseat…
But Fantastic concert!
but Roger, Sabbath rules…if you did that to my party, i’d just kill my music and invite you over to join us. 😉
I have always started work at 7AM. Some new neighbors moved in and on Sunday they were drinking all day and playing Banda music which I find to be an acquired taste even though I’ve worked with Mexican people since I was 15. Around 11, music goes off and I drift off to sleep and then they start tuning up the electric guitar and start playing, singing their own songs, drunk as all hell.
Worked out though. Talked to them and it never happened again. Lucky
so young people are having parties? good lord what shall we do? we are doomed.
joking aside, this happens. Were you not young and carefree at one point in your lives? You never went to parties or held your own ‘ragers’? We did, and did so often in the 70s, 80s, 90s, 00’s. Yeah it can be a pain in the rear when you’re in your 50s and living next door and are tired from being woken up at 3am to a fight or a car peeling out or music, but really, this is what kids, teens, 20somethings do and i’m very sure you all did too at one time. I feel for you, but it is what it is. Have you tried to talk to the home owners? Or have you merely popped online to complain to the Edhat whiners for support? Go talk to the parents, or the owner of the property. You’ll find that simple, basic human interaction and communication can resolve most things from the beginning before negative feelings begin to fester. I remember a party we had at my dads house off of Fairview in Goleta back in 87. The next door neighbors on either side of us come over and complained. They never left. We invited them in, gave them a beer cup and some pizza, they hung out for 2 hours and left happy. That wasn’t the case all fo the time, but just talking to people can make an impact.