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Smoking in Multifamily Housing: ITobacco, Marijuana, or E-Cigs - They All Stink!
by Daniel Yukelson Executive Director, Apartment Association of Greater Los Angeles
more power to you. Merely keep your smoking self away from our properties...as in way far away.
The “bottom line” on smoking from the concerns about being responsible for enforcement. I perspective of rental housing providers get that.
thought I would address the subject it, we don’t want the “stink” around bothering other of smoking from the perspective of a people and harming our otherwise healthy and quiet rental housing provider. No offense! existence.
If you are a smoker and enjoy it,
is we just don’t want smoking anywhere in or at our rental properties because of the damage it causes to
our rental units, the increased turnover costs, and also because of the many complaints we will surely get from non-smoking renters, particularly renters that have young children or health issues making them extra sensitive to second-hand smoke. Face
Yet, most rental housing providers are concerned and know that smoking from cigarettes, cigars, marijuana, and E-cigs (sadly, today even from methamphetamine or better known as “meth”) are a continuing problem for both residents and owners of multifamily rental properties despite regulations that have been put into place over the past decade. From an owner’s perspective, as I mentioned, smoking,
However, at the same time we do not want smoking at our rental properties, there are those rental housing providers that are sometimes reluctant about no-smoking policies being imposed because of
Daniel Yukelson is currently the Executive Director of The Apartment Association of Greater Los Angeles (AAGLA). As Certified Public Accountant, Yukelson began his career at Ernst & Young, the global accounting firm, and throughout his career has served in senior financial roles principally as Chief Financial Officer for various public, private and start-up companies. Prior to joining AAGLA, Yukelson served for 15 years as Chief Financial Officer for Premiere Radio Networks, now a subsidiary of I-Heart Media, and for 3 years as Chief Financial Officer for Oasis West Realty, the owner of the Beverly Hilton and Waldorf Astoria Beverly Hills where he was involved with the development and construction of the Waldorf. Mr. Yukelson is a former Public Works Commissioner and Planning Commissioner for the City of Beverly Hills.
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