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52 U. Pac. L. Rev. 703 (2020-2021)
The Tenant Who Cried Wolf: How Fake Emotional Support Animals Unfairly Prejudice Landlords While Stigmatizing Mental Health

handle is hein.journals/mcglr52 and id is 738 raw text is: The Tenant Who Cried Wolf: How Fake Emotional Support Animals Unfairly Prejudice Landlords While Stigmatizing Mental Health Christy Grellas * TABLE OF CONTENTS I. IN TRO D U CTIO N ..............................................................................................704 II. SUPPORT ANIMALS AND THE EMERGENCE OF ESAS...................................706 A. Emergence of the ADA ...................................................................... 706 B. Service Animals are Not Pets ............................................................ 707 C. Em ergence of E SA s ........................................................................... 708 III. REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION UNDER THE FHA ...................................710 A. Disability as a Protected Class..........................................................710 B. Case Law Specifying a Landlord's Obligations.................................711 1. How Case Law Defines Reasonable Accommodation.................711 2. Dog Bite Case Law .....................................................................712 IV. LEGISLATION TO CLOSE THE LOOPHOLE ...................................................714 A. Eliminate ESA Fraud: Face-to-Face Diagnosis ................................715 1. One-Stop-Shop ESA Prescriptions ..............................................715 2. Medical Marijuana Cards: Yesterday's ESA Certification .........716 3. Proposing Legislation to Address Fraudulent Procedures .........717 4. Adopting State-Enacted Language at the Federal Level.............719 5. The Consequences of Keeping ESA Regulations Ambiguous......720 B. Distinguish ESAs: Household and Socialization Training.................721 1. How ADA Service Dogs Are Trained and Socialized..................722 2. Consequences of Minimal Training Requirements......................723 3. Consequences of a Lack of Socialization ....................................725 4. Creating Sensible Species Restrictions .......................................726 V. POTENTIAL OPPOSITION TO PROPOSED LEGISLATION .................................727 A. Costs Due to Stricter ESA Qualification............................................727 1. Cost to Receive Face-to-Face Therapy .......................................728 2. Cost to Train an Animal..............................................................729 B. Animal Rights: Increased Pet Surrender ........................................... 730 * J.D., University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law, 2020; B.S. Marketing, The University of Utah, David Eccles School of Business, 2015. I would first like to thank Professor Courtney Lee for her expertise and steadfast support as faculty advisor for this Comment. Many thanks to my parents James and Nancy, friends, and family for taking personal interest in my topic and providing fresh perspectives to consider. Thank you to C.P. Grellas Partnership for instilling in me a respect for mom-and-pop landlords and providing the anecdote that inspired this Comment. Lastly, I dedicate this article to Gigi, Tike, Mack, Meeko, Lily, Hanzie, Rocko, Lola, Pepper, Maui, and Moose for embodying true unconditional love and proving that dogs are members of the family. 703

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