Small claims court
Every neighbor sues
5000.00 each

Can't you call the Alameda Housing Authority? (510) 747-4300

Don: Thanks. Suing isn't fast enough to keep us alive, although obviously I will do that.

Roxanne: The Alameda Housing Authority deals only with rent increases and terminations. They have nothing to do with forcing a landlord to do repairs (unless they own the building). I have done a lot of going around to other Alameda departments, and the county, to try to deal with the fact that Code Enforcement refuses to do the job they are being paid to do, and retaliates if you to force them to do it. Publicly documenting that Code Enforcement is endangering Alameda residents by refusing to do their jobs appears to be the only way them to act.

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K.T. have you tried ECHO Housing 510-581-9380 or the public health department?

Alameda has a horrendous rat problem now. It really is a public health emergency in this case so keep calling Vector control/Alameda Co. Environmental Health about this. Re: the City of Alameda, don't landlords need some kind of license to do business? Perhaps if they threaten to revoke or suspend her license to do business as a landlord, she will finally deal with the problem. I'm afraid to say there are landlords who will not do a thing, no matter what the issue, unless their livelihood is threatened or they are sued.

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Alameda County Public Health website is acphd.org. Look under the heading, 'Communicable Disease Control and Prevention'. Rats can carry the Hantavirus which can cause Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (HPS) and be FATAL. This is one of the diseases that public health monitors. Mice usually carry the virus but other rodents such as RATS can carry it as well. It is dangerous to breath rodent droppings and urine. They also have a information on how to clean up after rodents on their website. I would FIRST try to alert the medical side of public health-the people who understand the HEATLH dangers of rodents! The Disease Surveillance & Epidemiology Investigation number is 510-267-3210. Sherri Willis is the public information officer 510-267-8001. Not enough people in Alameda know about SeeClickFix. One person's voice is easy to ignore. Contact the Media! The wheels of our legal court systems turn too slow! Good Luck. I'm so sorry you have to deal with an uncaring, ignorant landlord!

Roxanne--That is incredibly useful info. I will make those calls tomorrow. I only called Alameda County Vector Control, and they were great. Came out the same day and told me what to do to get rid of the rats, called and emailed my landlord directly to get her to do it. Educated my neighbors as well, although they don't have rats, they just run across their yard to get to my house. Thank you so much for the info.

Don, Roxanne, and Kristin, I find your moral support to fight the problems very helpful. SeeClickFix is the first time I have ever used social media. I never thought it was worth losing my privacy. I see now how joining up with other people who have faced the same problems in Alameda, over and over, for years, is the only way to go.
On the other hand, it is also a way to see what Alameda is doing well. I'm impressed with Public Works on trees, signs, public property graffiti removal, illegal dumping removal, Clean Water (no dumping to the storm drains), and a whole bunch of other things. I had no idea they did all those things, and would do them for me if I posted dumping or graffiti or faded signs.
Public Works has really helped with the rat problem near here by making sure garbage is picked up, especially food waste, dumped items are removed, bus shelters are cleaned of sugary goo rats love, etc. I went looking for the rat-attracting issues within a few blocks in every direction, posted them, and they were fixed within days. I cannot get Code Enforcement to act, my slumlord is actively not acting to force us out, so it is so satisfying to post something and have Public Works get it done.
Thank you all for your help.

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What priority has this been assigned by Code Enforcement? Rats living in a building because the owner has damaged the building by making numerous holes in the building, filling the basement with debris from the unpermitted construction work, and failed to maintain the yard so the grass tree six feet high and sheltered the rats, would seem to be a Code Enforcement issue of the highest priority. Rats carry at least two diseases that can be fatal. They are especially likely to be fatal to children, the elderly, and those with compromised immune systems. All three categories of people live in this building or the adjoining building which shares the yard.

Vector control cannot repair the numerous holes where rat are getting into the house, no can they force the landlord to do so. Only CE can do that. Nor can vector control keep coming out to trap the rats and dispose of them, I was doing that. I can no longer do that because the landlord has put a new lock on the basement, and has also not trapped the rats herself, so no one is trapping the rats now. PW does a great job on illegal dumping, garbage issues, and such, but they have no jurisdiction to do CE's job. Many residents are complaining on SeeClickFix and in the newspapers that CE has not addressed dangerous issues that ought to have been taken care of years ago. Fixing things is the entire point of posting to to SeeClickFix. If residents are banned for posting about the most serious problem in Alameda, the lack of competent and fair Code Enforcement, and particular incidents of that, SeeClickFix will be useless to me and others. Since CE was able to have my posts banned and removed--long after they were posted and commented on by other residents--I have wasted a great deal of time making content that has now disappeared.

I hope individuals CAN NOT close complaints posted by others to SeeClickFix unless they work for the city of Alameda? This would defeat the entire purpose of reporting issues to city officials if other private individuals could cancel out other people's concerns.

Roxanne-apparently an individual can close an issue even if they don't work for the city and the city has not responded. Also, an individual can have all comments and report made by a particular person moderated, or even removed. That has happened to me. Appareently I have made code enforcement angry enough to target me and block all of my posts. That is why it takes several days for me to respond to posts; I have to write a letter asking to be able to post again. But most of my posts have never been restored.

Rats are a serious problem that impacts the entire neighborhood. Public Works does a great job on making sure all restaurant garbage is in cans, covered, and then picked up. Clean Water does a great job keeping trash from getting into storm drains. County vector control does a great job identifying rat feces, burrows and types of rats and telling property owners what to do to remove the rat problem. If the owner does not want to get rid of the rats, only Code Enforcement has the power to issue a notice of violation requiring the owner to fix defects in the building. Only Code Enforcement can force a landlord to make repairs to a particular building. When Code Enforcement fails, residents are endangered.

No response from Code Enforcement? So it is ok for a landlord to cut a number of holes in building so rats can come and go, fill basement with debris for rat homes, fail to repair broken sump pump installed with no permits so rats have water, fail to provide proper garbage service so rats have food, and not cut lawn until it is 6 feet tall and bent over hiding rats, as well as dozens of other code violations? Thanks, Alameda. This is a Ghost Ship level of danger to the entire neighborhood. i imagine Code Enforcement will spend their energy getting this post deleted rather than forcing the landlord to correct the dangers.

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Why don't you just move?

It will be hard for him to move without a reference.

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Martha Stewart--If we move we will move away from Alameda completely. Alameda Code Enforcement's complete refusal to do their job of enforcing the Alameda municipal code makes Alameda very unsafe for tenants, and for the neighbors of the buildings near the dilapidated rental buildings. I do not want the children and their elderly grandparents who live on either side of me, and behind me, to be injured by diseases carried by these rats. This is only one of 30 dangerous problems that could kill or injure the residents of this block, and destroy the property of every building on it. They do not know they and their children and property are in danger because Code Enforcement is allowed to keep these dangers secret. It seems futile to even write this post, because scf allows Code Enforcement to delete every post that says Code Enforcement needs to do their jobs. That is why you no longer see me active on scf. Nonetheless, I am neither a coward now a quitter, especially when Code Enforcement's abuse of Alameda residents has made them afraid to complain, and not complaining is now resulting in injury to Alameda residents.

Martha Stewart--I cannot post in response because ce is having all my posts removed, or mods are preventing them from posting. The injury of my fellow tenants and neighbors from ce's inaction is not really a laughing matter from me, and not something I am going to walk away from and let happen.

That's because you are libelling the landlord. You are going to get sued.

Then sue her / them in court for creating a public nuisance. Your vendetta has no place here.

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Don and Roxanne, I think it is important for you to know that by offering any helpful information, or help, to a person harmed by Alameda Code Enforcement's failure to act to protect Alameda residents, you may lose your ability to post on SCF. Almost all of my posts are "moderated",which means never posted, or deleted, as a flag by such as Martha Stewart can result in any post disappearing. SCF does not send any notice to me if a post is disappeared, so I have no way to know it has been done unless I go back through all of my posts and see what has been deleted. My only recourse is to go to the vc's (investors, venture capitalists) and tell them their investment is worthless unless they allow residents to post.

I have never flagged any of your comments. Kindly don't include me in your vendettas.

Asking publicly to have problem resolved is not a 'vendetta' martha stewart.

Your listing of someone's name, home address, and telephone on this website and your repetitive complaints constitute a vendetta.

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martha stewart- Why are you harassing this poster? I live on this block with rats and I want them removed. I have contacted the county vermin unit myself, as have several other neighbors on the 1200 block of Park St and
the connecting blocks of San Jose and San Antonio. Apparently Alameda code enforcement is going to be required to force KT's landlord to abate the vermin. Why are you trying to bully KT into shutting up instead of demanding that Alameda Code Enforcement show up and protect us?

Maybe you could file complaints with the nursing board, that she is morally unfit to be a nurse based on the living conditions? That might get her attention.

under professional conduct code 1441 c2

(c) Failure to report to the board, within 30 days, any of the following:
(1) The conviction of the licensee, including any verdict of guilty, or pleas of guilty or no contest, of any felony or misdemeanor.
(2) Any disciplinary action taken by another licensing entity or authority of this state or of another state or an agency of the federal government or the United States military.

She probably hasn't reported any of the disciplinary actions. Get her on a technicality.

Code enforcement?

Now the rats have made it inside my apartment, as county vermin said they would because of the massive rat infestation in the basement below us, and the numerous holes between that basement and our unit. I understand that the Code Enforcement department, Mcfann, Givens, Fullard, Potter, are retaliating against us because we complained about their failure to do their job, and their disability discrimination, and retaliation for attempting to report their disability discrimination, but are you really going to allow our neighbors, including the restaurants which serve food to the public, to be infested by this rat colony and the diseases the rats carry?

The backyard of 1217 Park St and 1217 A Park St is overrun with rats, as the landlord refuses to cut the grass or bushes of the common areas in retaliation for us trying to stop her from contaminating the property with lead. We failed; she poisoned the children who share the property with lead; but she is still retaliating against us, and the Code Enforcement Department of Alameda is helping her.

If all of this is as you say, KT, then take it up another level. Have you contacted anyone on City Council? If they don't respond, then try the media, like Stanley Roberts on KRON or Michael Finney on KGO. Just be prepared to show lots of documentation. Good luck!

I attempted to contact the acting city manager, Liz Warmerdam, about the numerous dangerous issues caused by this landlord, and how Code Enforcement refused to act, but she does not return my calls.

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Ah looks like the site is censoring my comments again. I guess I have to figure out which non-profane word I used that triggered the censor, intersperse it with random periods (.) and then re-post it. Time to play the guessing game again I guess!

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I have to post my message in pieces to figure out which word is the one that's setting off the automated censorship system. Sorry for all the comments I'm about to post here

All of us need to rise up and band together to take collective major action against the city. I'm tired of seeing this. I see this every single day. Almost every issue reported on this site. The city consistently does not serve the residents of this island, the city consistently ignores complaints from residents about serious problems with crime, blight, code enforcement, etc. The city consistently lets this happen and continues to drag their feet while Alameda is steadily overrun by crime, homelessness and blight.

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The city consistently lets this happen and continues to drag their feet while Alameda is steadily overrun by crime, homelessness and blight.

What do you guys say? Lets all get together and start a major action against the city. Honestly, I think the city needs more than a lawsuit

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I think this city needs a god d*** revolution.

ah ok apparently it was being set off by the word d followed by a followed by m followed by n. Apaprently they updated their censorship system so even when you intersperse the word with periods, it still censors it.

Attempting to re-post my original comment in it's entirety, with edits to circumvent automated censorship:

All of us need to rise up and band together to take collective major action against the city. I'm tired of seeing this. I see this every single day. Almost every issue reported on this site. The city consistently does not serve the residents of this island, the city consistently ignores complaints from residents about serious problems with crime, blight, code enforcement, etc. The city consistently lets this happen and continues to drag their feet while Alameda is steadily overrun by crime, homelessness and blight. What do you guys say? Lets all get together and start a major action against the city. Honestly, I think the city needs more than a lawsuit. I think this city needs a god d*** revolution. I'm sick and tired of this worthless, corrupt city government walking all over the taxpaying citizens of this island, taking our tax dollars and doing absolutely nothing to address the problems in our community that continue to grow worse and worse. Enough is enough. It's time to revolt!

So where are we at all these years later? Corrupt and worthless city government still ignoring this request from 2017? I'm not surprised. Our government is a SWAMP

Any updates on this issue?