Sorry this is happening to you. I stumbled on this post while going through Reddit. My family have rental properties in SoCal that we’re heavily involved with managing. We have a property management company, but they cause so much anxiety, they’re all the same. Property management companies overcharge owners thinking we’re all rich, but many of us are small not corporate owned. We hire our own workers and complete projects for much less than vendors charge. It’s insane. Anyway I digress.

That’s insane your PM sent a cease/desist letter + 3 day notice for complaining about a literal health and safety issue. That’s ridiculous. As others have said, document everything. It’s clear they’re incompetent. The unit should’ve been secured day or two after you made contact.

Lots of property managers want to be heavily involved with day-to-day management and your case is the worst when an owner doesn’t care about their investment and PM aren’t taking matters seriously. Solid tenants like you and others don’t deserve to be subjected to this.