[NEMDF]

There was an interesting article (IIRC, it was from AP) in our Saturday or Sunday local newspaper.

The gist of it was that, many landlords and apartment complex management teams were NOT providing charging access for tenants needing to charge up their EVs. The article went on to suggest that maybe some legislation would be appropriate, to assure all renters have easy access for charging up.

How long until (at least in CA) we start seeing laws to this effect?

[T.B. Yoits]

...many landlords and apartment complex management teams were NOT providing charging access for tenants needing to charge up their EVs.

Many landlords can't and never will. How many cables could you run from a multi-story apartment building to around the corner for cars parked at the curb? Cars parked across the street?

Let the city set up curbside chargers for the homeless to vandalize.

[Verginius Rufus]

If there is an apartment building with parking below, an EV catching fire could result in deaths of tenants.

[Pelham]

“The article went on to suggest that maybe some legislation would be appropriate, to assure all renters have easy access for charging up.”

I fail to see how any legislation could solve the problem of providing EV charging for existing apartment complexes. The problems are physical, security, the expense of running cable to remote sites.

New construction could incorporate EV charging into their design, but requiring retrofit of existing complexes is a fool’s errand. Which never has stopped California government before so it will probably happen.

[Myrddin]

The article went on to suggest that maybe some legislation would be appropriate, to assure all renters have easy access for charging up.

Simple answer as a landlord...NO. The property is no longer available as a rental. The costs to provide the "easy access for charging up" would never be recovered in the rental costs. My 1947 vintage house doesn't have access from the power company for sufficient power for a charging station. The above ground power infrastructure isn't there. In my own neighborhood, the same is true, but complicated by having all the electrical infrastructure below ground. Tearing up the streets is not a desirable path to this stupidity.

[Freedumb]

How long until (at least in CA) we start seeing laws to this effect?

If it’s a stupid idea you can almost guarantee California will be the first to mandate it. They are halfway there already:

https://www.greenlancer.com/post/right-to-charge-laws