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msthomas0731
My question involves criminal law for the state of: CALIFORNIA.
MY HUSBAND IS IN SAN FRANCISCO AND I'M IN SONOMA COUNTY. WE HAVE SUBMITTED THE REQUIRED MATERIAL AND HAD OUR HOMESTUDY- SAN FRANCISCO PULLED THE PAPERWORK AND THEN, ASKED FOR A COPY OF THE LEASE WITH HIM ON IT AND A LETTER FROM THE MANAGEMENT/LEASING COMPANY OF OUR APARTMENT STATING THAT HE IS A "MURDERER" AND THEY ARE AWARE. MY HUSBAND COMMITTED HIS OFFENSE IN 1992 WHEN HE WAS A JUVENILE... HIS 41 NOW AND HAS NOT BEEN A PROBLEM PAROLEE.
ARE SUCH LETTERS A REQUIREMENT? IS IT UNLAWFUL? HIS OFFENSE DID NOT SHOW UP ON HIS BACKGROUND CHECK... IT WAS NEARLY 25 YEARS AGO. HE HAS NOT BEEN VIOLENT SINCE. I UNDERSTAND MAKING SURE HE IS ON THE LEASE... AND CAN REASONABLY ACCEPT THAT HE WOULD NEED TO PROVIDE A COPY OF IT. THEY HAVE A COPY OF THE LEASE APPLICATION SHOWING HIS ADDRESS AS A HALF WAY HOUSE AND HIS RESIDENCE BEFORE THAT AS SOLEDAD PRISON... WE DIVULGED THAT HE WAS COMMITTED OF A FELONY WITH THE YEAR AND LOCATION AS THE COMPANY REQUESTED. THEY STATED IF IT DOESN'T SHOW UP ON HIS BACKGROUND CHECK- IT IS IRRELEVANT FROM THEIR STANDPOINT.
NO ONE ELSE IS HAVING TO DO THIS... NONE OF THE OTHER LIFERS IN HIS PROGRAM AND NONE HE HAS SPOKE TO THAT HAVE RECENTLY PAROLED AND TRANSFERRED HOME. WHAT CAN WE DO? I THINK THE RENTAL APPLICATION SHOULD SUFFICE, SHOULD IT NOT?