So my question is: Do California tenants have the legal right to be notified before chemicals (such as Roundup) are sprayed on their rental property?
Here's the story...Let me start by saying this already happened. Said landlord recently sprayed Roundup on some areas around our house/patio, and other parts of his almost 2 acre property that we live on.
The part that really hurts was that he sprayed weeds around the raised bed planter boxes where I have been growing my organic veggies, herbs and flowers this year. I've put in hundreds of hours, and hundreds of dollars worth of soil/amendments into this rather large raised bed garden, and feel crushed that this has happened. We had a verbal agreement with the landlord that we would be using the raised beds for our garden this year, therefore it is part of our rental agreement (as far as I understand).
Said landlord gave us no notice before spraying. He knows very well how we feel about chemical applications such as Roundup. He is completely unapologetic, and believes it was his right, and that he did nothing wrong. He believes that it was "implied" that we should be taking care of any area we use, and this, as we have come to understand through this incident, includes weeding (he thought we were just avoiding it, although he never communicated any of this). However, weeding the recently sprayed areas was never explicitly talked about. He specifically asked us to weed another area we use, and we did it promptly.
Thanks in advance for all your input, I look forward to it. Such a knowledgeable bunch!