Any Sonoma Co. residents ever had severe landlord issues?

[lies and propaganda]

edited for angered spelling
I just moved here from Az less than two months ago and the extremely beautiful, nicely priced property we found to rent is insanse.
The 70 yr old father is the landlord, 45 yr old suspected meth user son is right behind us on 300 acres. Problem is that we have been too freaked out to report to the landlord/police whats been going on as far as traffic and various creepiness, because our neighbors have suffered retaliation for the same thing.

Today we made a call after 10 minutes of Jeeps peeling in and out of our yard, moments later the son and one of the jeeps parks in front of our all glass front and sit there for half an hour, eventually pulling up until they were ten feet away completely straight in front of our house.
Which seems pretty harrassing, right?

I just know what kind of clout this ass caries and what they have already gotten away with. These problems seem like they could be recurring throughout the more rural areas, does anyone have any experience?
The law seems to be very much on our side, i just want some human input.

[Porcupine]

1. Record license plate #'s. Somebody's on probation or parole

and shouldn't be there. If you get the license plates of two different people who are on probation or parole for drug use, or have drug conviction priors (a sure thing if he's dealing) then there is probable cause for a search. Also if there are children in the house child protective services has a much lower standard of probable cause for investigation than your county narcotics task force.

Get some cheap video cameras and hide them where they cover the driveway and entrances to the property. Do not make them visible. Record as much as possible.

Finally the landlord nor any agent of the landlord (his son) cannot enter your property without your consent or 24 hours written notice. If you file a complaint then there are cases where they cannot enter at all. See your local legal aid people for help.

Meth users screw up. They generally screw up on a serial basis so there should be some prior record of the son's law enforcement contact. Your county sherrif's office will give you tips on how to catch them screwing up. The exception is when the Sherriff is related to the user in question. This happened in Butte County and was an open scandal for years until the Sherrif's daughter OD'd and died recently.

I do property management in Butte County. Meth capital of the world.

[Duer 157099]

2. Welcome to Sonoma!

:hi:

I wonder how many Sonoma county DUers we have here?