Smoking ban for renters proposed

Advancing California's continuing war against smoking in public and private, a San Fernando Valley lawmaker is pushing a statewide measure that could prohibit renters from smoking inside their own homes.
Harrison Sheppard in the Daily News.
The bill by Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Van Nuys, would allow - although not require - landlords to ban smoking inside rental units as a means of protecting the health of other tenants who may live nearby.

"The goal here is to try to provide smoke-free housing for folks who live in multiunit buildings in California," Padilla said.

"More than 30 percent of California residential units are multifamily dwellings. So if you're a family hoping to live in a smoke-free environment, it's currently next to impossible to find a smoke-free unit."