That area around the bus stop is a hangout for the homeless bums where I see cars park to engage in suspicious activity....like drug dealing. I'm quite sure APD sees this every day, so why does this continue?

Thank you for contacting the City of Antioch.

Based upon the information provided, a Code Enforcement case will be created and the property will be inspected. A Notice of Violation will be issued to the property owner for all violations found during the inspection. Property owners are typically provided 10 days to correct the violation(s).

For more information, or to report other issues occurring on private property, please contact the Code Enforcement Division at (925) 779-7042 or visit the web page at:
http://www.ci.antioch.ca.us/CityGov/CommDev/Code-Enforcement.

The guy behind the planter has moved along (for the time). There are still many people hanging out in the old Food 4 Less parking lot though. They hand out at the bus stop on Delta Fair all day long. They have chairs that they haul around in a wagon and use them to sit around in the parking lot all day. Understanding that this is "Private Property", but, can't anything be done to force this slumlord property owner to get rid of the loiterers and vagrants that are making a home of this abandoned shopping center?

Can the city suggest to the owner to put chain link fence around the abandoned buildings and unused parking lot area?

This case was opened on 01-12-2018 (9 months ago). The reply at that time was:
"Property owners are typically provided 10 days to correct the violation(s)."
How long is the City going to sit on it's thumbs and do NOTHING about this issue?
Every time I drive by this abandoned shopping center, there are a group of people lounged in the parking lot near the bus stop. At times, they have gone as far as to bring chairs, recliners and couches to make themselves more comfortable while they loiter all day long. They use the wall of the Subway Sandwich shop for their restroom as cars (with children, I'm sure) drive by. At what point does the city stop playing 'Tag' with the owner(s) of the shopping center and start taking legal action against them in order to make them comply with our city ordinances?

Thank you for submitting this request. It has been addressed. Thank you for helping to keep Antioch a great City.

This has been addressed ? Srsly ? Im wondering, is there really an Antioch city council or a code enforcement dept ?