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[โ€“] 14 points 4 months ago (3 children)

This is not legal advice but in California, the landlord of a rooming house (which it sounds like you are in) has the right to make reasonable house rules and "keep the windows closed when the AC is on" is generally recognized as reasonable rule. Its unlikely a court would side with you on this.

Keeping the window open in a room (even with the door shut) impacts the temperature and humidity of the rest of the house. Rooms within a house are not air tight when the door is closed. In fact, the airflow in a house is designed to circulate and mix all the air from all the rooms so that the AC runs efficiently, even when the doors are closed.

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  • [โ€“] [S] 4 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    The landlord doesn't live on the premises.

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  • [โ€“] 2 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    It doesn't matter. Unless they are keeping the apartment at an unreasonably high or low temp, then California typically recognizes a landlord's right to require you to keep the windows closed when the AC is running.

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  • [โ€“] [S] 0 points 4 months ago

    So you believe that California law states you're not allowed to ever open a window in a room you are renting if the landlord remotely sets the A/C to be at a constant temperature 24/7.

    Sounds like you're reading off the wall in your mind palace. Is that accurate?

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