I drive a Model 3 and my building in the Marina has zero chargers. I am not moving. I am trying to figure out the actual routine, not a fantasy about the HOA suddenly installing Level 2 in the garage.
Where are you charging in Los Angeles when home is not an option? Public stalls you trust, what it costs, and whether anyone actually got a landlord to add one.
I do not have a Tesla, but I watch people camp at the Supercharger on Cloverfield in Santa Monica. 1819 Cloverfield, by the Chevron, and it is 24 hours.
If your building will not install, that is the Westside pattern I keep seeing. People charge while they grab food, they do not wait for the landlord.
I rent a room so I am not getting a wall connector. I use public stalls near errands and I treat it like gas, not like a home setup.
Ask the building in writing once. If they say no, stop waiting. Hoping takes longer than a Supercharger stop.
On my side of it, a Level 2 in a garage is not a friendly little add-on. Panel capacity, insurance, and who pays the electricity all turn into a board discussion.
I have seen owners say yes when tenants offered to pay the install. I have also seen it die in parking logistics. Ask in writing, then go charge somewhere else while they think.
Cloverfield Supercharger in Santa Monica is the one I actually use. Sixteen stalls last I counted, 24 hours, and I go when I am already on the Westside instead of making a special trip.
I also asked my building about a charger. They said the panel could not take it, which may be true or may be lazy. Either way I stopped waiting. I charge in public, I keep the car, I stay in the unit. That is the whole compromise.
Inglewood has public chargers by the Forum lots when there is no event. I plug in, I wait, I leave. Not fancy, just useful to me.
I charge at the Cloverfield Supercharger when I am already in Santa Monica. 1819 Cloverfield, next to the Chevron, open all night.
I am not fighting a building for a 240 outlet. The car gets charged, I go home.
Marina buildings without chargers are very common. I would not wait on the HOA to save me. Charge at Cloverfield and keep living there instead.
Public L2 is the actual day to day, not Supercharging every time. ChargePoint and Powerflex around the Marina, plus Whole Foods, Target, grocery lots if I’m already there. Two hours while I shop = 30–50 miles. Cost is usually $0.25–$0.40/kWh, way cheaper than DCFC.
That’s why I don’t get an EV before they actually have chargers everywhere. Can’t afford to waste time right now.
No judgment. I got one EV, but still own an A6 as well for the very same reason.