Paint cost

[Eva Fox]

Hello , please tell me what does the law, if any, say ,
or is it any "custom" about it .
I am renting condominium out in SoCa , and having a tenant for almost 2.5 years now .
I pay for all repairs without problem for him , but now he wants to have
place fresh painted , inside .
I can not see how bad it is , because I am abroad , however place was freshly
painted when he moved in .
I do not want to loose a tenant , but paying right now maybe thousands for painting seems to be unfair . Please tell me how this kind of situations are
handled .

thanks e