Upset neighbor - looking for advice

[Ashley Langeliers]

Hi all - We own a duplex (we used to live in half but now both sides are rented). The tenant (our old neighbor) has been there for 2 years and are great tenants - always pay on time and keep the house looking great. Always inform us of any issues. About a month before we moved, the house next to the duplex was sold and we had nice interactions with the new owners.

Since then, the new neighbors (not our tenants) continue to call to complain about the tenants. Specifically, that the tenants park their trailer (a hitch carry on trailer they use to transport bikes for their business) in front of the neighbors house. Notable that most homes on the street only have single car garages so street parking is common and unassigned. I get that this is annoying, but they don’t own the street and neither do I, and it’s outlined nowhere in the lease that street parking is assigned. We’ve told the neighbor this - at one point they asked if we could mediate between them and the tenant and we said no, because they are not violating any lease terms. When the tenants dad died, the trailer was unmoved for about 10 days. Neighbor called the cops and when tenant talked to the cops, cops just said make sure you move the trailer every 3 days which they do.

Fast forward to today , we receive this text above from the neighbor. Thoughts? This is the first time I’m hearing about deflated tires, et cetera. We’re in California. I want to respond responsibly but I’m unaware of what our role is here. Should we contact an attorney as well? We’ve never heard complaints from any of the other neighbors, and the neighbor who shares the other half of the duplex praises them as great neighbors.