The Alameda city government has officially ignored this issue for 8 days.

Alameda code says the recyclables belong to the franchisee, not you, once they're in the bin. You are not a victim of theft.

I was under the impression that only happens once the bins are on the street for pickup. Regardless, we still have the issue of trespassing on private property, and regardless of who the property belongs to, it is still being unlawfully stolen. This is not only a nuisance to homeowners and renters of the properties being trespassed on/adjacent to them, it also contributes to higher garbage costs for Alamedans and encourages other crime by demonstrating the lack of rudimentary law enforcement in Alameda.

The bottom line is that it absolutely is not and should not be OK - EVER - for a complete stranger to be permitted to trespass on private property and steal from it multiple times a week for over a year. This is never OK, and in any other city in the United States this trespasser would have already been cited or arrested. I don't know why Alameda seems to be the only city in America where the government seems to consider this OK. It is not, has never been, and never will be OK. It needs to stop and soon.

I am confident that most Alameda homeowners and renters would agree that it should never be OK for a total stranger to be allowed to waltz onto your property, walk all the way into your back yard, dig through and steal stuff. It doesn't matter what that stuff is, who the trespasser is or when they do the trespassing. It is not OK!

It's also not trespassing until they are told to leave by the person with the right to occupy the space, and the person doesn't leave, or they return. You don't get to decide who is trespassing on property that doesn't belong to you or you have a right to occupy.

Just stop. Just... stop.

uhm, what is your source for that? I've never heard that it's only trespassing if a trespasser is told to leave by the person who has the right to occupy the space. I'm pretty sure trespassing is trespassing the moment you set foot on someone else's property without their permission. For example, if you trespass on my property while I'm not home, I'm obviously not there to tell you to leave, but law enforcement in any city would agree that it's still trespassing. You're just making stuff up at this point.

You absolutely do get to decide who is trespassing on your property or property that you have the right to occupy. This is just flat out made up.

Why are you going out of your way to defend a trespasser and a thief who collectively with their associates costs the city millions in lost recycling revenue each year and is a massive nuisance to everyone in the east end?

also a friendly reminder that the majority of Alamedans agree with me. Most Alamedans do not want people coming onto their properties without their permission and digging through their trash bins. You are the minority here who thinks it should be ok, even though all known laws say otherwise

To re-cap, if you own a home in Alameda, and a total stranger who you've never given permission to come onto your property comes onto your property, regardless of the date or time that they do this, and regardless of whether you are even on the property when they arrive, let alone whether or not you formally ask them not to trespass on your property, they are trespassing. They are breaking the law, and it is not ok.

As a bonus, here is the official dictionary definition of "trespass":

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/trespass

verb

to enter someone’s property without permission

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Wednesday, July 10th, 2019. 8:00 PM.

As I was coming up to my apartment after arriving home from work today, I spotted one of the repeat offender neighborhood recycling thieves walking outside our complex and looking into our carport.

I immediately recognized her as one of the recycling thieves who I had actually chased off this property a few months ago. Apparently, she also recognized me, and decided not to go into our property as she had originally planned to dig through our bins.

Instead, she proceeded over to the neighboring property, at 2622 Central Ave, and began digging through their bins. I called APD non-emergency dispatch, the dispatcher was being difficult as usual but managed to take the call after about 2 minutes of me trying to give her the suspect's description.

I'm guessing APD will be dispatching an officer sometime around Christmas, by which time the thief will have sailed all the way across the ocean to Asia.

Anyways, just dropping by to let you all know this issue remains unresolved despite years of repeat complaints from city residents, we still have the same exact thieves coming to our neighborhood to trespass on private property and steal from it every week.

The Alameda city government has officially ignored this request for 10 days. I have another issue open separately from I believe February which they've likewise ignored.

Saturday, July 13th, 2019, 1:15 PM. Neighborhood recycling thief has returned once again (big surprise.) As I said before, they go through various properties down their usual route to steal recyclables from private property.

This has been happening multiple times a week, every week for over a year and possibly longer. APD doing nothing about it as usual. It's incredible.

Video here:

https://youtu.be/Ovg3Bx3NnNk

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Also, kindly stop insulting your neighbors by referring to them as "scum bags" or I'll have to report your abuse.

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This is highly-abusive, harassing content and inconsistent with the terms of service (section 6.11) of this site.

There is nothing abusive or harassing about this request. You're the one harassing me. You don't even live in this city. You dug up an issue for a different city by a total stranger to harass and derail it because you have a problem with recycling thieves facing legal consequences for trespassing and stealing from private properties in my community. You are not from my community. You are not on this site for any legitimate purpose. You are here to disrupt and harass. Reported and re-opened again. Keep closing my issue, it'll only hasten your account suspension. I can assure you that after using this site for as many years as I have I am well aware of what the TOS here is and what I can and cannot post. You're the one who is in violation, not me.

re-opening this issue again because it was closed by the psycho rogue social justice warrior again

Also looks like they made a second account to harass me from. "Display Name" (user ID 1678895) which is different from the first account they used to begin the harassment ("Display Name Blocked" - user ID 1430668). I guess this malicious SJW is now registering multiple accounts in case SCF suspend them

Why is a person allowed to repeatedly trespass and steal recyclables? This person has trespassed and stolen from my property also.

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looks like the anonymous social justice warrior is still here. dont know what they posted though since the site auto censored it. im guessing it was another rant telling me how wrong and bad I am for reporting trespassing and theft from private property or something to that effect.

Anyway, as I was heading to work I spotted the thief again walking southbound on Park from Webb. Apparently they were looting properties up on the northeast side of Alameda today before looping back down Park street. APD still letting them get away with it as usual. I'll continue to post updates as the city continues ignoring this issue and letting this c.r.i.m.i.na.l trespass and steal from private properties across the town.

It really is mind boggling that police have knowingly allowed this person to continue to trespass on to properties and steal. I have had my recyclables stolen when they were bagged up separately so that I could redeem them. So they stole my personal property, not the contents of the blue bin. Not only is it wrong to do trespass and steal, it puts that person in danger. I believe the person might not be a native English speaker and maybe there is a communication problem between the police and the person. The police should find out what language that person speaks and communicate to them in their language. As wrong as it is for the trespassing and stealing to get a stamp of approval, it's endangering that person. Police should intervene for that reason.

I've been complaining to police about this for years. Apparently stealing and trespassing are A-OK in Alameda.

I agree that it's mind boggling Martha. The police actually did attempt to get an interpreter to communicate with her last time I had them stop her on the street, I think last year. I don't think its an issue with communication, the thief just doesn't care. But yeah, apparently APD are totally ok with a complete stranger waltzing onto our properties uninvited and stealing our stuff. That's Alameda for ya!

Monday, July 29th 2019. I spotted the recycling thief walking westbound on Central from Pearl as I was leaving the neighborhood yesterday. They were going into every property in my neighborhood to rob their recycling bins as usual. Glad to know APD is still letting this happen every week with absolute, total impunity! No laws enforced here ever it seems.

Also just as a quick update I just realized that "Display Name" (user id #1678895) was actually a user previously named "jaice" or something that posted on another request I made regarding this issue back in February telling us how we have to have "compassion" towards recycling thieves who trespass and steal from our properties. It makes sense that she attempted to derail this issue now. It's just sad that she actually changed her username and used multiple accounts just to attempt to sabotage this request. It's crazy how sick these people are. Alameda is full of criminal sympathizers. It's no wonder this city is such a dump

Thursday, August 1st, 2019. 1:00 PM I just spotted the same recycling thief walking eastbound on Central from Broadway. I just watched them trespass into the back of 2609 Central to go loot their recycling bins. The thief is currently looting various apartment complexes and single family homes in the neighborhood. Placed a call to worthless APD dispatch who will probably just let them get away with it again. I also got some more video footage of the thief today I'll be uploading shortly.

Now that everyone is used to their trespassing, they should move up to catalytic converters, too.

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sorry I meant eastbound*

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Now this is the person you should sue for creating a public nuisance. I've seen this person on the streets for years, just as you have.

There's a lot of people I think I need to sue out here Martha.

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Whatever happened to that simple adage... Do unto others as you would want them to do unto you? No one seems to have heard that one anymore. Instead, we have trespassing and stealing.

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Also, the corrupt Alameda city government has officially ignored this request for over a month now. I submitted this request all the way back in June. It's already August 2nd and there hasn't been any response from the city. They've literally ignored it the entire time. Tells you everything right there. What a corrupt cesspool of a government we have in this town.

These are the type of people that work at APD's dispatch center: https://www.cnn.com/2016/10/13/us/911-call-operator-arrested-hang-up-trnd/index.html

"Ain't nobody got time for this. For real," Thousands of calls. She hung up on a caller who had called to report an armed robbery in progress. The store manager, a father of four, later died. OMG!

Yup, and to think we have these same kind of dispatchers working at APD here in Alameda. It's disturbing!

The good news is that RePlanet is shutting down all three recycling facilities in Alameda. The thief will no longer have anywhere in Alameda to recycle those stolen cans. Now they will have to turn to a life of crime. Oh wait, my bad, they already have a life of crime - trespassing and stealing. The bad news is that no one at all will be able to recycle their cans in Alameda.

Yeah I dont know if shutting recycling centers down is the best solution for this problem... and i dont think thatll stop this thief. they probably have some shady guy they sell these to who in turn re-sells it to the recycling center

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Wow! Maybe he should bring her home to his house in Danville, and feed and clothe her too. She could be the daughter he never had, or just an extra daughter. His empathy is misguided. He is there to enforce the law and he should not interfere, intervene, or undermine it. If he cares that much he can donate to the food bank, homeless shelter, or a non-profit that builds affordable housing. Maybe he can donate his salary, pension and benefits to her also.

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Misguided empathy. Does he also not believe in arresting shoplifters at Safeway stealing food?

Wow, just wow.

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This weekend, on Friday night/Saturday morning at around 3 AM we had yet another recycle thief show up on our property and start digging through our bins with a flashlight. He was being pretty loud and woke me up. I came outside to confront him. It was a young latino guy probably in his 20s or early 30s. I asked him what he was doing and he just replied saying "sorry." I asked him if he lived here, he said no. I told him to put the stuff back in the bins and leave.

I have a feeling he or one of his buddies will be back since APD not only doesn't seem to see anything wrong with what they're doing, but are even going as far as to actively bail them out of their fines when they finally do get cited for it. This is not Ok and it needs to stop.

Monday, August 12th, 2019. 8:29 PM. I just spotted yet another recycling thief looting the bins from our property, then they went next door to loot the bins from 2622 Central Ave. They're now proceeding down central looting other complexes in the area.

This is not the same thief that was cited or the Latino thief from this weekend. This is a different asian female thief who I chased off this property before. She already knows she is not welcome here but she was trespassing here anyway because she probably didn't realize I was here.

Thanks for letting this continue every week with impunity.

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Hey everyone just a quick update:

The user who I previously reported was harassing me in that other request and kept trying to derail and hijack my request, repeatedly attempting to close my request and posting insulting comments directed at me has officially submitted a records request to the city to obtain all emails sent to the police chief regarding recycling theft during the time that I was reporting this problem. It appears they are trying to get my persnoal details (dox) from the city government to harass me in IRL.

You can view their record request here: https://seeclickfix.com/issues/6774547-record-request

I just want to post this here just in case this person does anything to me IRL. I believe they are planning to harm me so I am posting this here as an advisory.

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