Renting condo from owner...HOA issues

I'm renting a condo from the owners (he's in California, she's in China). I have several issues related to what I believe are habitability issues. For example, a large number of stray cats and dogs urine-mark the doors and defecate on welcome mats, etc. Also, there are some small roof leaks as well as some structural damage from some recent earthquakes. Other than the urine-marking/defecation by stray (and sometimes other residents') pets, nothing seems directly life threatening however.

However, everytime I contact my condo owner about the conditions, he claims to contact the HOA (which he probably does). However, he invariably comes back to me stating that they either have not responded, have responded with contradictory information (to that which I've reported), or that he's waiting on something from them (information, or whatever)...which never seems to come.

He has never attended any of the HOA meetings, and has stated to me that he will not because he does not live at the property and believes that they will ignore his issues because of that.

How do I get action from him?

Please keep all information within the same post.

If you have informed the LL, in writing, with a method of delivery that confirms receipt, and kept a copy for your records, you have taken the correct first step. If not, do this immediately.

If you have done the above, send a copy of this request to the HOA. Mark that it is a duplicate of the request you have sent to the owner. The HOA, not the LL, would be responsible for stray animals on the premises. The owner only owns the one unit you live in, the HOA is responsible for the grounds. Stray animals are not the owner's responsibility. They are the HOA's since they are on the common areas not owned by the LL. The owner does not have the authority to trap animals on the HOA's grounds.

Cracks from earthquakes may or may not be the owner's responsibility either, depending on the type of unit you reside in and the HOA rules. Many HOAs only list the owner as owning the inside of the unit (from the inside of the walls in), but not the outside or the structure/foundation. Do you have a copy of the HOA convenants and bylaws? Send this request to them also and mark it as a duplicate to the owner's copy. Send these to the HOA by the same method above.