Not worth your mental and emotional time.

Sob stories only try to get our emotions involved and make landlords feel sorry.

I'm sure the rent wasn't $3K per month seven years ago, though, and so the majority owners math may be skewed a little as these things are laced with emotion.  

The premise, as I understand it, is that everyone and her uncle is claiming that they need their pets as emotional support animals already, so why not make it fair for the folks who haven't figured out that loophole and grant all pets the right to housing in Berkeley.  

I am actually very consistent in suggesting that people not let emotions, chest-thumping, and gamesmanship get in the way of business.  

If you follow the "collateral" theory of lending, as I do, I make it a point to understand the asset, the liquidation value and the barriers and obstacles to collecting and maximizing yield.If you follow the "emotional equity" theory, as my buddy and author Gordon Moss does in his book, 'Performance Anxiety' then you put much faith in the ability to extract cash flow and yield from the borrower's familiar attachment to the home used as security.Yesterday I attended a conference of court-appointed receivers, who are people empowered to do such things as intercede with collecting rents, cash flows and till taps.

It's a designation that is going to give you a leg up on other investors and help guide you towards success.Do a search on "slum lord" here and you'll see lots of posts from other people that have gone through almost the same thing as what you're experiencing.Here's what I would do (depending on how "safe" you feel expressing emotions in your family.  

They're asking for too much and seem emotional invested in the property due to the prior work that was put in.

If you can bring it down to an emotional level that hits their triggers, even better. 

Serve 3-day to Perform or Quit by registered mail which outlines the violations (not the emotion or inconvenience caused to others).