u/Development-Feisty

Code Enforcement (part of building and safety) in Long Beach is literally the only authority that can be turned to when dealing with mold in your rental.

There is no state, county, or federal authority you can turn to. There is no authority that overseas code enforcement, if code enforcement chooses to ignore you your only choice is to take them to court.

Code enforcement is by law the one who is designated to investigate and issue citations.

But if you call code enforcement about mold the standard line is, “we don’t investigate smells“

This despite the fact that by California law they are required to investigate any complaint made about substandard conditions, they are legally not allowed to dismiss without investigation a complaint about mold

So I decided to check and see for our humid Beach city how many open code enforcement cases reference mold over nine districts.

Five

That’s right code enforcement has currently stated only five addresses in all of Long Beach have mold, everything else is perfectly fine

God I hate how fucked up the government of Long Beach is, because the city itself is super cool

Long Beach has about 170,000 rentals. Statistically there are mold complaints in 5 to 15% of rentals in California at any one time. If only 10% of 1% of that 5% reported the violation to code you would have 34 cases.

It is basically statistically improbable to the point of impossible for only five people to have contacted code in regards to mold in the city of Long Beach.

This item is 3 inches tall

I truly don’t know how much more detailed the photographs can get, there are still four more photographs on the listing itself that are not on this thread

So if anyone is not aware, in the last couple of years multiple scientific journals and medical journals have done articles about medical gaslighting.

Don’t be afraid to call any doctor out who ties a diagnosis solely to or a combination of these factors without doing further tests or even any tests at all-

1. **Anxiety or Depression**- these are symptoms of an underlying issue- the doctor must identify and treat the underlying issue

2. Age

3. Weight

4. Lifestyle

5. Sexual Orientation

6. Gender

Print out a copy of this article and articles like it, and literally bring it with you in print form to your next appointment

https://www.health.harvard.edu/healthy-aging-and-longevity/what-to-do-about-medical-gaslighting

“Red flags can include a health care provider who

doesn't listen or interrupts you
diminishes your symptoms

blames your symptoms on your age, gender, weight, lifestyle habits, or sexual orientation

says your symptoms probably are due to anxiety, depression, or stress

rushes you through an appointment.”

If you’re in America I highly recommend writing things down before an appointment and telling your doctor when they ask you to describe something to read the written information you’re giving them

and

if they push back site the ADA and remind them as someone with ADHD and or autism you have difficulty verbalizing physical symptoms and would prefer they refer to the written information you have prepared before the appointment and only ask questions if the written information is not sufficient

People forget under the ADA you can demand your healthcare professional give you reasonable accommodations based on your ADHD and if they don’t want to, they can fuck all the way off

This isn’t about how your doctor is comfortable dealing with patients, you have a right to accommodations that take into account your disabilities and make it possible to receive healthcare that is the same quality of someone who does not have the same disabilities you have

THIS IS NOT MEDICAL ADVICE- she’s going to be getting the supplement one way or another, I just wanna make sure I’m not gonna poison her by buying from a disreputable source.

Asthma medication is not possible due to cat temperament

Moving is not possible unless I win the lottery

I’ve been giving her lysine powder from Now pet health for the past year and it’s been really effective but it’s harder and harder to get her to eat the food if I put the powder in there. She seems to really hate the taste.

I have to give her liquid thyroid medication every day and she doesn’t seem to notice it in her treat so I’m thinking liquid lysine might be my best bet

For those of you who give your cat this supplement, do you have a trusted source that you think is better than others?

More info

I have recently been diagnosed with COPD from environmental reasons due to issues with my apartment and I am trying to figure out what to do legally but it’s obvious that this has been hurting her too because her lungs are like mine but smaller. The powder has been helping her with the coughing and wheezing but now she doesn’t want it.

She was adopted as an adult 13 or 14 years ago and they told me she was an elderly cat when I got her, so she’s definitely closer to the end than the beginning of her life. She has arthritis that she gets a shot for every month and I’ve created little kitty cat ladders so she can get up and down furniture but I can’t really afford to do much else since the apartment has also been making me sick which has led to me having a lot less money from being unable to work the hours I need to work.

There’s a mold colony above my apartment in the crawlspace and carcinogenics like formaldehyde from below from the carpet store and gas is emitting from 1920s insulation that is degrading due to being soaked in dirty rainwater for years so it’s a real soup