Thank you for brining this to our attention. We have a contract with ACI to pick up large abandoned items (i.e. sofa, chair, mattress, frig) but they will not pick up trash. The City does not have the manpower to pick up trash, so we need to have the homeowner take responsibility for items such as this trash that is on their property (parking strip). Sincerely, Gail Carlson, Public Works

This issue was recategorized from Illegal Dumping of Garbage to Uncategorized.

I have reported problems here numerous times. For a while, someone was living on the property. What did the City of Alameda do when this was reported in the past?

I reported this in October. It was assigned to "Code Enforcement 2." There was no response from this City employee. None. Nothing.
https://seeclickfix.com/issues/3005921-code-enforcement

My experience with whoever Code Enforcement 2 is that it is a black hole where complaints are assigned that will never be investigated. We should not be paying for non-responsive employees or for those who simply set everything to auto-reply.

Who is Code Enforcement 2 and who is Code Enforcement 2's supervisor? This is public money and the public has the right to know.

I've had the same experience with Code 2.
I'll be contacting the leasing company directly. I don't think the city should pay to clean up after an irresponsible landlord, but it should enforce anti-blight codes.

The city also should consider that this alarming sight of massive garbage is one of the first things a visitor to Alameda will see. No one wants to shop or dine in a neighborhood with glaring and unenforced blight issues.

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"PW Admin KB (Verified Official)
Thank you for brining this to our attention."

Maybe this has 'brined' long enough?

The rabble seem to be 'stewing' at this point.

Code Enforcement 2 is an account that was not being monitored due to staffing changes. Going forward there will be one Code Enforcement account that will be monitored daily by Code Enforcement staff. We are currently going back over all reported cases to Code Enforcement 2 and following up on them. I apologize for the inconvenience and confusion.
Gregory McFann
Building Official
City of Alameda

Thank you.