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<br />neither assisted in this process nor followed up to ensure that these requirements are being met.", 54 As
<br />a result, many MUH properties lack the required signage and designated smoking areas. 55
<br />The jurisdictions' websites provide little information to educate residents, landlords, and property
<br />managers on their MUH smoking ordinances. It can be challenging to find information online about
<br />the ordinances or how to report a violation. The following examples are illustrative:
<br />• The websites for Burlingame, Daly City, Redwood City,56 the County of San Mateo, and South
<br />San Francisco do not contain any summaries of their MUH smoking ordinances. See
<br />Appendices C and D for examples of summaries from cities that do provide them.
<br />• All but one of the MUH jurisdictions' websites provide links on their home pages for residents
<br />to report common nuisances such as potholes, graffiti, and abandoned shopping carts, but they
<br />do not provide any such links for reporting smoking violations.57
<br />• Only the websites for Brisbane, San Bruno, and Foster City provide readily accessible
<br />information on how to report a violation of an MUH smoking ordinance.58 See Appendix E for
<br />an example of a readily accessible notice.
<br />• When entering search terms such as "smoke" and "smoking" in MUH cities' websites, no
<br />information regarding multiunit housing smoking ordinances appears in either Burlingame's or
<br />Daly City's websites.59
<br />• San Bruno and the County of San Mateo (on the County Health System website) are the only
<br />MUH jurisdictions that provide information about the TPP or TEC or how to contact them
<br />regarding multiunit housing smoking issues.60
<br />53 Officials from local code and law enforcement agencies: interviews by the Grand Jury.
<br />54 ,Six -Month Apartment Smoking Prohibitions Review" report to Foster City City Council. June 1, 2015.
<br />https:Hfostercityca.civicclerk.com/web/tJserControls/DocPreview.aspx?p=1 &aoid=306
<br />55 On-site observations in Belmont, Daly City, and Foster City.
<br />56 Redwood City's smoking ordinance is partially implemented: effective January 1, 2018 for all new units and January 1,
<br />2019 for existing units in MUH properties.
<br />57 The websites for the jurisdictions of Belmont haps://www.belmont.gov , Brisbane hqp://brisbaneca.org , Foster City
<br />haps://www.fostercily.org , Redwood City http://www.redwoodci!y.org , San Bruno https://www.sanbruno.ca.gov, the
<br />City of San Mateo hqps://www.cilyofsanmateo.org, San Mateo County and South San Francisco http://www.ssf.net have
<br />a "How Do I ..." or " I Want To ..."link on their websites, as well as Daly City's "iHelp" link hqp://www.dalyciiy.org ,
<br />that lead to information on how to report nuisances such as barking dogs, loud parties, abandoned mattresses, and shopping
<br />carts. However, these links do not provide information on how to report MUH smoking violations. Burlingame's website
<br />links to Code Compliance from its home page hqps://www.burlingame.or .
<br />58 Websites for Belmont, Brisbane, Burlingame, Daly City, Foster City, Redwood City, San Bruno, City of San Mateo, San
<br />Mateo County, and South San Francisco (See Footnote 56).
<br />59 City of Burlingame website, accessed June 7, 2018: <hyj2s://www.burlingame.org> City of Daly City website, accessed
<br />June 7, 2018. <http://www.dalycity.org>
<br />60 Websites for Belmont, Brisbane, Burlingame, Daly City, Foster City, Redwood City, San Bruno, City of San Mateo, San
<br />Mateo County, and South San Francisco. (See Footnote 56)
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