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You can do it. 30 00:01:40,760 --> 00:01:43,720 Speaker 1: Eight hundred two two two five two two two is 31 00:01:43,760 --> 00:01:47,040 Speaker 1: a telephone number one eight hundred two two two five 32 00:01:47,160 --> 00:01:51,520 Speaker 1: two two two. Well, the situation in Boyle Heights is 33 00:01:51,600 --> 00:01:55,040 Speaker 1: going from bad to worse, and I know that there's 34 00:01:55,080 --> 00:01:58,160 Speaker 1: a lot of people out there who think that the robots, 35 00:01:58,200 --> 00:02:01,880 Speaker 1: the AI robots, will eventually kill us. All I'm not 36 00:02:02,000 --> 00:02:05,480 Speaker 1: worried about the AI robots right now. I'm worried about 37 00:02:05,520 --> 00:02:07,800 Speaker 1: all of the mutations that are going to go on 38 00:02:08,160 --> 00:02:11,239 Speaker 1: over in Boil Heights, and I think the insects might 39 00:02:11,280 --> 00:02:12,120 Speaker 1: actually kill us. 40 00:02:12,560 --> 00:02:15,840 Speaker 2: And that is actually the big concern right now, especially 41 00:02:16,120 --> 00:02:20,320 Speaker 2: from newly released letters from La Mayor Karen Bass. If 42 00:02:20,320 --> 00:02:21,280 Speaker 2: you're feeling down. 43 00:02:21,440 --> 00:02:24,600 Speaker 3: If you're feeling blue, let's get help for you. 44 00:02:24,840 --> 00:02:28,480 Speaker 2: To the fake doctor. I have tech issues that there 45 00:02:28,480 --> 00:02:34,120 Speaker 2: are now disease carrying flies that are infesting neighborhoods. And 46 00:02:34,160 --> 00:02:37,720 Speaker 2: if anybody in Boyle Heights has an open wound and 47 00:02:37,760 --> 00:02:40,679 Speaker 2: one of these flies gets into it, you're getting all 48 00:02:40,800 --> 00:02:43,440 Speaker 2: kinds of diseases that you would expect from a fourth 49 00:02:43,520 --> 00:02:44,799 Speaker 2: or fifth World country. 50 00:02:45,560 --> 00:02:49,200 Speaker 1: Okay, so I'm starting to think that Boyle Heights is 51 00:02:49,240 --> 00:02:52,480 Speaker 1: turning into the setup for the teenage mutant ninja turtles. 52 00:02:54,120 --> 00:02:58,840 Speaker 2: For more on the latest insult and injury going on 53 00:02:59,120 --> 00:03:03,679 Speaker 2: in this poor world, working class neighborhood, here is NBC 54 00:03:04,040 --> 00:03:05,520 Speaker 2: in Los Angeles. 55 00:03:05,880 --> 00:03:08,720 Speaker 4: We're following an NBC four exclusive on the Boyle Heights 56 00:03:08,720 --> 00:03:11,560 Speaker 4: warehouse fire cleanup. Yesterday, we told you about a past 57 00:03:11,600 --> 00:03:14,840 Speaker 4: infestation rapport requested by the city that was done on 58 00:03:14,880 --> 00:03:15,959 Speaker 4: the Lineage property. 59 00:03:16,040 --> 00:03:20,040 Speaker 5: The undated inspection warns waste and heat can increase breeding 60 00:03:20,080 --> 00:03:23,840 Speaker 5: for flies that can spread a specific disease. NBC four's 61 00:03:23,840 --> 00:03:24,000 Speaker 5: a lot. 62 00:03:24,120 --> 00:03:27,400 Speaker 2: It's not just your regular flies. Oh no, no, no, no, 63 00:03:27,560 --> 00:03:30,959 Speaker 2: it's disease flies. This is how contagion starts. 64 00:03:31,760 --> 00:03:36,120 Speaker 1: I wonder if this is the inspiration for the song Superfly. 65 00:03:38,000 --> 00:03:41,280 Speaker 2: This is like this generation's Motaba virus. 66 00:03:41,680 --> 00:03:44,200 Speaker 5: Leida Lopez brings us more on that story and a 67 00:03:44,280 --> 00:03:47,400 Speaker 5: response from the mayor that you will only see here 68 00:03:47,440 --> 00:03:48,280 Speaker 5: on NBC four. 69 00:03:49,200 --> 00:03:52,800 Speaker 3: I'm also appealing to the governor, I'm compealing to appealing 70 00:03:52,800 --> 00:03:56,160 Speaker 3: to the attorney general. We have got to increase our 71 00:03:56,280 --> 00:03:59,200 Speaker 3: action there. Eli Mayor Karenbass responded to. 72 00:03:59,200 --> 00:04:01,240 Speaker 2: Ed She's working. It's so hard everybody. 73 00:04:02,680 --> 00:04:06,280 Speaker 1: You notice though she keeps taking shots at Gavin, whether 74 00:04:06,400 --> 00:04:09,760 Speaker 1: it's the homeless numbers going up or now the superflies 75 00:04:09,880 --> 00:04:14,200 Speaker 1: in Boyle Heights. She keeps saying the state isn't doing enough. 76 00:04:14,640 --> 00:04:18,400 Speaker 2: Well, she's right, where is the state on any of this? 77 00:04:18,600 --> 00:04:22,880 Speaker 2: And where is the sitting governor on an environmental disaster 78 00:04:23,040 --> 00:04:25,039 Speaker 2: that is getting worse by the day. 79 00:04:25,600 --> 00:04:28,760 Speaker 1: But if they were engaged, would it really matter? All 80 00:04:28,800 --> 00:04:31,160 Speaker 1: they would do is give more money to NGOs who 81 00:04:31,160 --> 00:04:32,719 Speaker 1: would keep it for themselves. 82 00:04:33,000 --> 00:04:39,080 Speaker 2: It wouldn't matter, But then we would all be locking ARMSBC. 83 00:04:37,680 --> 00:04:41,360 Speaker 6: Four exclusively today about a report we told you about Thursday. 84 00:04:41,560 --> 00:04:45,120 Speaker 6: Following a flying festation around the lineage facility in Boyle Heights, 85 00:04:45,640 --> 00:04:48,760 Speaker 6: tons and tons of rotting food remain following a week 86 00:04:48,800 --> 00:04:49,240 Speaker 6: long fire. 87 00:04:49,520 --> 00:04:51,720 Speaker 2: Luckily they don't linger too long on the shots of 88 00:04:51,760 --> 00:04:52,920 Speaker 2: the pigs feet anymore. 89 00:04:53,320 --> 00:04:55,960 Speaker 1: I can't handle that anymore. You gotta move on. 90 00:04:56,800 --> 00:04:58,080 Speaker 3: The cold storage warehouse. 91 00:04:58,279 --> 00:05:01,560 Speaker 6: More than a month Back has reviewed a four page 92 00:05:01,560 --> 00:05:04,559 Speaker 6: report prepared by a pest control company for the city 93 00:05:04,600 --> 00:05:08,120 Speaker 6: of Los Angeles. It warns green bottleflies on the lineage 94 00:05:08,120 --> 00:05:11,279 Speaker 6: property are dangerous and breed quickly in the heat weight 95 00:05:11,360 --> 00:05:12,640 Speaker 6: and spread to neighborhoods. 96 00:05:12,920 --> 00:05:15,039 Speaker 2: And of course it's one hundred degrees this week in 97 00:05:15,080 --> 00:05:18,560 Speaker 2: Los Angeles and humid, so it is. It is fly 98 00:05:18,760 --> 00:05:20,080 Speaker 2: maten season everybody. 99 00:05:20,560 --> 00:05:23,880 Speaker 1: And I love the fact that Barbara Ferrer was right 100 00:05:23,960 --> 00:05:27,080 Speaker 1: out of the gate to tell these people that everything 101 00:05:27,240 --> 00:05:29,119 Speaker 1: was safe in the hangout in town. 102 00:05:30,440 --> 00:05:34,080 Speaker 6: Green bottleflies can cause miasis, which is an infectious disease 103 00:05:34,320 --> 00:05:36,880 Speaker 6: caused by the flies laying eggs in open wounds of 104 00:05:36,920 --> 00:05:38,440 Speaker 6: either humans or animals. 105 00:05:38,600 --> 00:05:41,479 Speaker 2: You know, I don't know how scientists come up with 106 00:05:41,560 --> 00:05:44,640 Speaker 2: the names for these diseases, but I think I could 107 00:05:44,640 --> 00:05:48,520 Speaker 2: figure out. The green bottle fly infection is called myiasis 108 00:05:48,680 --> 00:05:51,560 Speaker 2: because somebody gonna fly in the eye went myses. 109 00:05:57,200 --> 00:06:00,520 Speaker 6: This disease can cause irritation, ulcers, and in some cases 110 00:06:00,640 --> 00:06:03,320 Speaker 6: even death. With the number of flies around the property, 111 00:06:03,360 --> 00:06:05,600 Speaker 6: it would not be uncommon for anyone in the area 112 00:06:05,680 --> 00:06:08,560 Speaker 6: with an open wound to contract miiasis. 113 00:06:08,880 --> 00:06:11,760 Speaker 2: And again, in case you're just joining us, this is 114 00:06:11,839 --> 00:06:14,400 Speaker 2: not Uganda, this is East La. 115 00:06:15,400 --> 00:06:17,640 Speaker 1: Imagine being pregnant down there right now. 116 00:06:18,200 --> 00:06:19,760 Speaker 2: Oh boy. 117 00:06:19,800 --> 00:06:23,960 Speaker 7: In my opinion, this is an absolute crisis that I'm 118 00:06:24,000 --> 00:06:25,599 Speaker 7: concerned is just getting worse. 119 00:06:27,360 --> 00:06:32,760 Speaker 1: Duh, where have you been, lady? This story may not 120 00:06:32,839 --> 00:06:35,720 Speaker 1: be Uganda, but I think mentally she's still in Ghana. 121 00:06:36,320 --> 00:06:36,560 Speaker 1: You know. 122 00:06:36,640 --> 00:06:39,479 Speaker 2: It's one of these things that's emblematic of the kind 123 00:06:39,520 --> 00:06:43,479 Speaker 2: of politician that Karen Bess is and has been. That 124 00:06:43,520 --> 00:06:45,839 Speaker 2: she was a member of Congress for a very long time, 125 00:06:45,880 --> 00:06:48,880 Speaker 2: she was in the Assembly before that. She really thinks 126 00:06:48,920 --> 00:06:52,039 Speaker 2: her whole job is to send strongly worded letters to 127 00:06:52,240 --> 00:06:55,640 Speaker 2: the La County Department of Public Health and to the 128 00:06:55,760 --> 00:06:58,440 Speaker 2: company that's trying to clean all this up. She thinks 129 00:06:58,480 --> 00:07:01,000 Speaker 2: that's as good as she's ever gonna give you. Well, 130 00:07:01,040 --> 00:07:02,600 Speaker 2: they call her Karen for a reason. 131 00:07:03,360 --> 00:07:05,760 Speaker 3: As we thought it would get better as the food 132 00:07:05,800 --> 00:07:08,520 Speaker 3: is removed. That is apparently not the case. 133 00:07:08,839 --> 00:07:11,120 Speaker 6: Mayor Bass, as she has called for more action from 134 00:07:11,200 --> 00:07:13,800 Speaker 6: Lineage and surrounding communities. In this letter to the Los 135 00:07:13,800 --> 00:07:16,960 Speaker 6: Angeles Department of Public Health, dated July twenty first, the 136 00:07:17,000 --> 00:07:21,040 Speaker 6: mayor wrote, in part lineage must quickly be held equally accountable. 137 00:07:20,600 --> 00:07:24,440 Speaker 2: For Hey, Hey, that's the name of our podcast. Subscribe today, 138 00:07:24,640 --> 00:07:25,920 Speaker 2: Johnny don't like dot. 139 00:07:25,720 --> 00:07:29,400 Speaker 6: Com the infestation of flies present in the adjacent communities. 140 00:07:29,640 --> 00:07:32,520 Speaker 6: In order to take direct action to eliminate the flies, 141 00:07:32,920 --> 00:07:35,400 Speaker 6: she says, the city is offering resources to help neighbors 142 00:07:35,440 --> 00:07:38,080 Speaker 6: near the warehouse, which according to the company's cleanup tracker, 143 00:07:38,360 --> 00:07:41,400 Speaker 6: has removed some fifteen percent of rotting food waste. 144 00:07:41,560 --> 00:07:45,440 Speaker 8: We are offering housing to them, We are offering other services. 145 00:07:45,720 --> 00:07:47,800 Speaker 3: The services that we are offering is. 146 00:07:47,720 --> 00:07:52,200 Speaker 2: To if you get one of the cities paid for airbnbs, 147 00:07:52,760 --> 00:07:54,960 Speaker 2: do they charge you the fee if you don't pick 148 00:07:55,040 --> 00:07:57,040 Speaker 2: up all the towels on the floor after you leave? 149 00:07:59,240 --> 00:08:02,600 Speaker 1: How long it where they were just handing out cans 150 00:08:02,600 --> 00:08:06,320 Speaker 1: of lysol and air purifiers and telling these people to 151 00:08:06,400 --> 00:08:07,000 Speaker 1: stay there. 152 00:08:07,400 --> 00:08:10,920 Speaker 2: Well, let's not forget Barbara Ferrara's health clinics. 153 00:08:10,640 --> 00:08:14,520 Speaker 6: Wash your hands often, and Oway's before eating and after toileting. 154 00:08:14,640 --> 00:08:18,720 Speaker 2: Where people were going in with lungs filled with fluid 155 00:08:19,280 --> 00:08:21,760 Speaker 2: and being offered tail and al. 156 00:08:22,800 --> 00:08:25,560 Speaker 1: Okay, I wonder if Barbara Ferrara does nothing but hire 157 00:08:25,560 --> 00:08:27,720 Speaker 1: a bunch of social workers to work at our public 158 00:08:27,800 --> 00:08:31,040 Speaker 1: health clinics too well obviously. 159 00:08:32,280 --> 00:08:34,240 Speaker 3: Designed by the people that are there. 160 00:08:34,559 --> 00:08:37,280 Speaker 6: The La County Health Department had previously ordered Lineage in 161 00:08:37,320 --> 00:08:41,240 Speaker 6: this inspection document to take all actions necessary to eliminate 162 00:08:41,360 --> 00:08:43,079 Speaker 6: fly breeding on the Lineage property. 163 00:08:43,200 --> 00:08:44,840 Speaker 2: You know what they gotta do, because this is the 164 00:08:44,960 --> 00:08:47,520 Speaker 2: LA County Department of Public Health. They got to make 165 00:08:47,640 --> 00:08:50,960 Speaker 2: the biggest sign you've ever seen put on the side 166 00:08:51,080 --> 00:08:54,520 Speaker 2: of that facility, a big letter grade F. 167 00:08:56,040 --> 00:08:59,240 Speaker 1: No, Barbara Ferrara, if you push your heart enough is 168 00:08:59,280 --> 00:09:02,080 Speaker 1: going to show up and say, Okay, we're now acknowledging 169 00:09:02,120 --> 00:09:06,360 Speaker 1: that the flies are a problem. Here's some condom yew. 170 00:09:06,400 --> 00:09:09,520 Speaker 2: How much narcan have we passed out throughout this entire disaster? 171 00:09:09,800 --> 00:09:10,720 Speaker 4: Have a hard time. 172 00:09:10,640 --> 00:09:14,960 Speaker 6: Understanding, Lineage told NBC four in a statement in part, 173 00:09:15,240 --> 00:09:18,040 Speaker 6: Lineage has expanded its pest control efforts with support from 174 00:09:18,160 --> 00:09:21,200 Speaker 6: organ to help reduce fly and roadent activity around the 175 00:09:21,240 --> 00:09:24,599 Speaker 6: site and minimize impacts on nearby residents and businesses. 176 00:09:24,800 --> 00:09:27,520 Speaker 2: Wait, this is minimized impacts. I don't know about that. 177 00:09:30,480 --> 00:09:34,120 Speaker 2: It seems like worst case scenario to me, and that. 178 00:09:34,040 --> 00:09:37,240 Speaker 6: They distributed approximately three hundred and fifty fly traps to 179 00:09:37,280 --> 00:09:40,720 Speaker 6: community members and will be providing a further eight hundred 180 00:09:40,720 --> 00:09:43,400 Speaker 6: additional traps through its ongoing neighborhood. 181 00:09:43,520 --> 00:09:48,800 Speaker 1: All the traps look full, there is no vacancy at 182 00:09:48,840 --> 00:09:49,720 Speaker 1: that holiday inn. 183 00:09:50,600 --> 00:09:53,400 Speaker 6: They add that additional traps will be distributed over the 184 00:09:53,440 --> 00:09:56,760 Speaker 6: next week. We drove through streets about five blocks from 185 00:09:56,800 --> 00:09:59,679 Speaker 6: the warehouse and did not see fly traps. Neighbors tell 186 00:09:59,720 --> 00:10:02,280 Speaker 6: us they not seen any place on their street, even 187 00:10:02,280 --> 00:10:04,559 Speaker 6: though they can smell the odors from the warehouse. 188 00:10:04,840 --> 00:10:07,480 Speaker 2: Where is And I should know because I did commercials 189 00:10:07,480 --> 00:10:10,720 Speaker 2: for them way back Where is La County Vector Control 190 00:10:10,800 --> 00:10:13,120 Speaker 2: Management when you need them? 191 00:10:13,360 --> 00:10:15,840 Speaker 1: Okay, because it's not just the flies. They also have 192 00:10:15,880 --> 00:10:22,880 Speaker 1: a rodent problem too. Yes, the rats are everywhere. Master 193 00:10:23,000 --> 00:10:25,640 Speaker 1: Splinter is being created as we speak. 194 00:10:28,760 --> 00:10:30,839 Speaker 6: The City of La tells us it has also put 195 00:10:30,960 --> 00:10:34,679 Speaker 6: up fly traps. Lineage says it also has increased sanitation 196 00:10:34,880 --> 00:10:38,120 Speaker 6: efforts around dumpsters and has ongoing monitoring in place to 197 00:10:38,200 --> 00:10:42,280 Speaker 6: track pest activities in boy Heights. Lolita Lopez NBC four News. 198 00:10:42,840 --> 00:10:47,120 Speaker 2: So that's the report about the fly situation that is 199 00:10:47,200 --> 00:10:51,920 Speaker 2: going on. But John, the smell this week is apparently 200 00:10:52,679 --> 00:10:56,480 Speaker 2: about to get even worse because they're going to rip 201 00:10:56,559 --> 00:10:58,800 Speaker 2: down a wall that was holding in a bunch of 202 00:10:58,840 --> 00:11:00,880 Speaker 2: the smell to get to the rest of the food. 203 00:11:01,520 --> 00:11:07,080 Speaker 2: Oh no, for more on this in our never ending segment. 204 00:11:06,760 --> 00:11:08,600 Speaker 3: Of You Can Small right here. 205 00:11:08,760 --> 00:11:13,199 Speaker 7: Here is CBSLA that operates the burned out Boyle Heights warehouse, 206 00:11:13,240 --> 00:11:16,839 Speaker 7: says it removed half of the rotting food from the facility. 207 00:11:17,480 --> 00:11:20,400 Speaker 2: This is where I'm very confused because the report from 208 00:11:20,559 --> 00:11:24,520 Speaker 2: NBC four over the weekend said they did fifteen percent, 209 00:11:24,960 --> 00:11:28,960 Speaker 2: but they told CBSLA they've done fifty percent. So which 210 00:11:29,040 --> 00:11:29,839 Speaker 2: one is it. 211 00:11:30,880 --> 00:11:33,439 Speaker 1: I'm voting for fifteen But. 212 00:11:33,559 --> 00:11:36,559 Speaker 7: For the next few days, the unbearable cench could get 213 00:11:36,600 --> 00:11:37,240 Speaker 7: even worse. 214 00:11:37,320 --> 00:11:39,080 Speaker 3: Cbsla's Bernierman Live and book. 215 00:11:39,520 --> 00:11:41,559 Speaker 2: Literally it's one of those It's only going to get 216 00:11:41,559 --> 00:11:42,839 Speaker 2: worse before it gets better. 217 00:11:44,120 --> 00:11:45,960 Speaker 1: That's like the old Soviet Union. 218 00:11:46,320 --> 00:11:49,680 Speaker 2: Also, have you noticed that throughout this disaster the masks 219 00:11:49,720 --> 00:11:52,160 Speaker 2: that the reporters are wearing in Boil Heights are getting 220 00:11:52,160 --> 00:11:53,120 Speaker 2: comically larger. 221 00:11:53,520 --> 00:11:55,760 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, that looks like it's part of a Dolly 222 00:11:55,800 --> 00:11:59,520 Speaker 1: parton bra the Heights. To explain why britty. 223 00:12:01,400 --> 00:12:03,360 Speaker 9: Yeah, Geo and leslie in this side of the warehouse thing. 224 00:12:03,640 --> 00:12:05,839 Speaker 2: She's probably just thinking to herself, why couldn't I have 225 00:12:05,880 --> 00:12:07,040 Speaker 2: gone to the water main break? 226 00:12:10,600 --> 00:12:12,880 Speaker 9: Looking at right behind me, the food has been cleared out, 227 00:12:12,960 --> 00:12:16,000 Speaker 9: but the next big focus is on that side of 228 00:12:16,040 --> 00:12:17,880 Speaker 9: the warehouse that you're looking at, where you can see 229 00:12:17,920 --> 00:12:20,240 Speaker 9: lineage on the building. Now you can see there is 230 00:12:20,280 --> 00:12:23,360 Speaker 9: some activity out here tonight. We've seen something going on 231 00:12:23,400 --> 00:12:26,679 Speaker 9: with some heavy machinery. Appears they're moving things around. But 232 00:12:26,760 --> 00:12:29,600 Speaker 9: neighbors say the smell is really like a dumpster baking 233 00:12:29,679 --> 00:12:31,520 Speaker 9: in the summer heat. We've been out. 234 00:12:34,080 --> 00:12:36,960 Speaker 1: Each description just gets better and better. 235 00:12:37,679 --> 00:12:41,040 Speaker 9: Yep here and we agree, And as crews move into 236 00:12:41,080 --> 00:12:43,400 Speaker 9: the next phase of clean up this weekend, the older 237 00:12:43,400 --> 00:12:47,120 Speaker 9: could get even worse. When neighbors tell me it's already unbearable. 238 00:12:49,480 --> 00:12:51,959 Speaker 9: Half of the rotting food has now been scooped out 239 00:12:51,960 --> 00:12:55,360 Speaker 9: of this massive Boil Heights facility. But neighbors say, a 240 00:12:55,440 --> 00:12:58,960 Speaker 9: stinch this strong isn't a problem. You can partially fix 241 00:12:59,160 --> 00:13:03,360 Speaker 9: the lord. The odor is extremely strong. It is unbelievable. 242 00:13:03,480 --> 00:13:08,240 Speaker 9: We cannot stand it. Jime Marrabilla says, for the last month, 243 00:13:08,400 --> 00:13:11,320 Speaker 9: dozens of flies have swarmed his home by day while 244 00:13:11,440 --> 00:13:12,160 Speaker 9: large rats. 245 00:13:12,360 --> 00:13:16,280 Speaker 2: I can't handle it. Oh, this story is making my 246 00:13:16,440 --> 00:13:17,600 Speaker 2: skin crawl. 247 00:13:19,880 --> 00:13:22,800 Speaker 1: At Bass inducive have just left all these people there. 248 00:13:23,520 --> 00:13:26,560 Speaker 2: What's our luck that the month we decide to go 249 00:13:26,679 --> 00:13:29,840 Speaker 2: live on video, we have to almost on a daily basis, 250 00:13:29,880 --> 00:13:32,840 Speaker 2: present you the most revolting story you can imagine. 251 00:13:33,160 --> 00:13:36,599 Speaker 1: Okay, for the record, we have been talking about this 252 00:13:36,800 --> 00:13:40,360 Speaker 1: since it happened, and saying that these people should all 253 00:13:40,400 --> 00:13:45,600 Speaker 1: have been evacuated immediately because this is an environmental and 254 00:13:45,640 --> 00:13:49,560 Speaker 1: public health disaster, And then for Rare and Bass and 255 00:13:49,679 --> 00:13:53,480 Speaker 1: company all show up in their clown car and say 256 00:13:53,880 --> 00:13:57,760 Speaker 1: the exact wrong thing, which is that it's totally safe 257 00:13:58,120 --> 00:13:59,040 Speaker 1: and stay put. 258 00:14:00,120 --> 00:14:03,400 Speaker 9: Scurry by at night. Residents say the smell seeps through 259 00:14:03,400 --> 00:14:07,880 Speaker 9: their windows and hits them the moment they step outside. Kid, 260 00:14:08,080 --> 00:14:10,120 Speaker 9: we can't go anywhere else. I can stay with my 261 00:14:10,240 --> 00:14:12,280 Speaker 9: family for one or two days, but then I have 262 00:14:12,320 --> 00:14:14,160 Speaker 9: to come back home lineage. 263 00:14:14,720 --> 00:14:16,720 Speaker 1: You know, I don't even speak Spanish, and I know 264 00:14:16,760 --> 00:14:17,520 Speaker 1: what he was saying. 265 00:14:18,200 --> 00:14:24,000 Speaker 2: Listener Monica writes in Bass, don't give a rat's ass. Hey, 266 00:14:24,040 --> 00:14:25,120 Speaker 2: that rhymed. 267 00:14:25,320 --> 00:14:28,440 Speaker 9: Company that operates the warehouse says crews are working as 268 00:14:28,560 --> 00:14:31,960 Speaker 9: quickly as they safely can. They're now starting to scrape 269 00:14:32,000 --> 00:14:33,880 Speaker 9: and powerwash the concrete slap. 270 00:14:34,280 --> 00:14:36,960 Speaker 2: But oh, that means once again we're gonna have all 271 00:14:37,080 --> 00:14:39,240 Speaker 2: kinds of water going into our water waste. 272 00:14:39,680 --> 00:14:41,720 Speaker 1: Great enjoy that surfers. 273 00:14:42,200 --> 00:14:45,520 Speaker 9: The smell neighbors have been trying to escape could temporarily 274 00:14:45,560 --> 00:14:49,160 Speaker 9: get stronger. Cruise are removing a wall between the burned 275 00:14:49,240 --> 00:14:52,320 Speaker 9: and unburned sections of the building, allowing them to reach 276 00:14:52,440 --> 00:14:55,680 Speaker 9: the other side and speed up the cleanup Lineage says 277 00:14:55,720 --> 00:14:58,640 Speaker 9: it will install plastic sheeting where the wall used to. 278 00:14:58,600 --> 00:15:01,000 Speaker 2: Be, but that that's what we're We're gonna wrap the 279 00:15:01,000 --> 00:15:04,880 Speaker 2: whole thing in saran wrap. That'll do it. Keep that 280 00:15:04,920 --> 00:15:09,920 Speaker 2: pungent smell fresh. By the way, if that actually does work, 281 00:15:10,960 --> 00:15:13,040 Speaker 2: what do you think the smell is like inside the 282 00:15:13,080 --> 00:15:14,560 Speaker 2: warehouse for these workers? 283 00:15:15,160 --> 00:15:17,880 Speaker 1: Oh my god, I hope they're getting paid well. 284 00:15:18,440 --> 00:15:21,680 Speaker 9: Process could take up to three days, meaning more of 285 00:15:21,680 --> 00:15:23,800 Speaker 9: the odor could escape into the neighborhood. 286 00:15:24,280 --> 00:15:25,960 Speaker 7: Smell like a strong order. 287 00:15:25,960 --> 00:15:28,360 Speaker 5: But then as in day progresses, I notice that the 288 00:15:28,480 --> 00:15:30,360 Speaker 5: order like fluctuates. 289 00:15:29,720 --> 00:15:33,680 Speaker 1: Carlos to see the flies just like flying around his head. 290 00:15:33,760 --> 00:15:36,640 Speaker 1: As they were doing the interview, the flies are getting bigger. 291 00:15:37,640 --> 00:15:40,320 Speaker 9: On this says he's starting to become nose blind to 292 00:15:40,360 --> 00:15:42,760 Speaker 9: the odor after living with it for so long. 293 00:15:42,920 --> 00:15:44,520 Speaker 5: I hope that it doesn't get worse, And if it 294 00:15:44,560 --> 00:15:46,360 Speaker 5: doesn't get worse, I hope it will prepared for. 295 00:15:46,320 --> 00:15:48,400 Speaker 9: It for family still living in the shafts. 296 00:15:48,480 --> 00:15:50,080 Speaker 2: People are so defeated. 297 00:15:53,280 --> 00:15:57,120 Speaker 9: Attle of this warehouse. Relief can't come fast enough, Mari 298 00:15:57,240 --> 00:15:59,800 Speaker 9: Villas calling on the city for more support. 299 00:16:00,000 --> 00:16:03,400 Speaker 2: See and it's almost. 300 00:16:04,920 --> 00:16:07,040 Speaker 9: And residents also tell me the flies are so bad 301 00:16:07,080 --> 00:16:09,160 Speaker 9: out here they can't even take their garbage out. 302 00:16:13,600 --> 00:16:15,040 Speaker 3: You can smell it right here. 303 00:16:15,680 --> 00:16:21,680 Speaker 2: The flies are so bad you can't take your trash out. 304 00:16:22,080 --> 00:16:25,400 Speaker 2: So then imagine what these homes are smelling like. God 305 00:16:25,520 --> 00:16:27,960 Speaker 2: help you if you cook some fish in the last week. 306 00:16:31,120 --> 00:16:34,000 Speaker 9: God, Lenia, you did say they do plan to add 307 00:16:34,000 --> 00:16:37,280 Speaker 9: more high powered carbon filters to reduce the smell, But 308 00:16:37,360 --> 00:16:39,400 Speaker 9: we don't have a timeline as to when all this 309 00:16:39,600 --> 00:16:42,320 Speaker 9: rotten food will be out of the warehouse right behind me, 310 00:16:42,720 --> 00:16:45,880 Speaker 9: Live and Boil Heights tonight. Brittany Herman, CBSLA. 311 00:16:46,240 --> 00:16:47,400 Speaker 7: So, Brittany, thank you. 312 00:16:47,680 --> 00:16:52,320 Speaker 2: There you go. 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Now, Johnny 346 00:18:36,240 --> 00:18:38,119 Speaker 2: don't like dot com? 347 00:18:38,160 --> 00:18:41,040 Speaker 1: All right, If you've ever wondered what happened to the 348 00:18:41,080 --> 00:18:44,000 Speaker 1: people of Oakland who haven't been shot yet, Randy, we 349 00:18:44,119 --> 00:18:44,880 Speaker 1: have an answer. 350 00:18:46,680 --> 00:18:52,320 Speaker 2: Senior citizens in Oakland are filing a lawsuit because they 351 00:18:52,560 --> 00:18:59,240 Speaker 2: allege that they are being repeated victims of unsafe conditions, burglaries, 352 00:18:59,720 --> 00:19:07,760 Speaker 2: and elder abuse. It's a sad story for Mare. We 353 00:19:07,880 --> 00:19:09,440 Speaker 2: go to NBC. 354 00:19:10,080 --> 00:19:13,560 Speaker 10: In the Bay, tenants that was once marketed as a 355 00:19:13,640 --> 00:19:17,480 Speaker 10: luxury senior living community are suing the management company and 356 00:19:17,560 --> 00:19:20,560 Speaker 10: the owners. They claimed that they were promised a safe 357 00:19:20,560 --> 00:19:24,040 Speaker 10: and healthy lifestyle, but got the opposite. The lawsuit also 358 00:19:24,040 --> 00:19:27,320 Speaker 10: alleges a business strategy that put profits ahead. 359 00:19:27,000 --> 00:19:27,680 Speaker 3: Of the elderly. 360 00:19:28,040 --> 00:19:31,200 Speaker 10: Investigative reporter Hildegutarris first showed us what the residents were 361 00:19:31,200 --> 00:19:31,840 Speaker 10: complaining about it. 362 00:19:31,920 --> 00:19:34,560 Speaker 2: That's right, it's a Grandpa warehouse everyone. It's gonna be 363 00:19:34,600 --> 00:19:35,200 Speaker 2: real sad. 364 00:19:35,680 --> 00:19:41,479 Speaker 1: Okay. Just imagine that if The Golden Girls took place 365 00:19:41,520 --> 00:19:46,320 Speaker 1: in Oakland instead of Miami. How different that show would be. 366 00:19:47,080 --> 00:19:49,480 Speaker 1: Where you'd have Sofia with a gun in her purse, 367 00:19:50,600 --> 00:19:56,919 Speaker 1: You'd have Blands turning tricks on the side of the road. Definitely, 368 00:19:57,000 --> 00:20:01,320 Speaker 1: b Arthur would have joined the street gang and Rose 369 00:20:02,480 --> 00:20:05,680 Speaker 1: she would have been murdered in a robbery. You can't 370 00:20:05,720 --> 00:20:07,879 Speaker 1: have nice things, but it's a nice place to be. 371 00:20:08,359 --> 00:20:09,360 Speaker 2: I love that guy. 372 00:20:09,400 --> 00:20:11,960 Speaker 10: Earlier this year, and she's back now joining us with 373 00:20:11,960 --> 00:20:13,040 Speaker 10: a follow up, Hilda. 374 00:20:14,000 --> 00:20:17,600 Speaker 7: Elderly and disabled residents of the Oakland Station apartments say 375 00:20:17,600 --> 00:20:22,920 Speaker 7: they've endured everything from repeated elevator outages in cockroach infestations. 376 00:20:22,920 --> 00:20:26,560 Speaker 2: Oh boy, it is just the bug hour today and 377 00:20:26,640 --> 00:20:29,600 Speaker 2: it's about as far from Boyle Heights as you can get. 378 00:20:29,960 --> 00:20:33,879 Speaker 7: Two serious security failures. Now more than sixty current and 379 00:20:34,040 --> 00:20:38,960 Speaker 7: former tenants are taking their landlord to court. It smells 380 00:20:39,040 --> 00:20:47,760 Speaker 7: of times, dozens of senior tenants. 381 00:20:44,760 --> 00:20:46,919 Speaker 2: These poor, poor women. 382 00:20:48,160 --> 00:20:51,080 Speaker 1: And you know what, Donald Sterling doesn't even own this one, 383 00:20:51,160 --> 00:20:53,320 Speaker 1: so you can't blame him. 384 00:20:53,560 --> 00:20:55,960 Speaker 7: And say they've had enough. I don't know if we'll 385 00:20:56,000 --> 00:20:58,040 Speaker 7: say of dangerous conditions. 386 00:20:58,160 --> 00:21:03,800 Speaker 2: Holy cow. You imagine you're a senior citizen in a 387 00:21:03,840 --> 00:21:09,480 Speaker 2: wheelchair in a luxury senior community and someone's literally trying 388 00:21:09,520 --> 00:21:10,480 Speaker 2: to kick your door in. 389 00:21:11,240 --> 00:21:14,240 Speaker 1: Well, I hope that wheelchair can go pretty fast. 390 00:21:15,760 --> 00:21:18,679 Speaker 7: Terrifying and very scary filth they smell. 391 00:21:20,440 --> 00:21:29,600 Speaker 2: Again, this is not Boyle Heights, Okay, So what's their excuse? 392 00:21:30,359 --> 00:21:34,080 Speaker 7: Negligence and building management. 393 00:21:33,800 --> 00:21:36,040 Speaker 8: No communication, and a lack of concern. 394 00:21:36,359 --> 00:21:39,200 Speaker 7: We first visited the Oakland Station apartments a few months 395 00:21:39,240 --> 00:21:43,000 Speaker 7: ago when tenant's brought their concerns about trash, roaches and 396 00:21:43,080 --> 00:21:45,120 Speaker 7: safety to the investigative unit. 397 00:21:45,280 --> 00:21:48,720 Speaker 2: By the way, the roaches and safety that is one 398 00:21:48,800 --> 00:21:52,280 Speaker 2: hundred percent on the landlord, the trash one. You have 399 00:21:52,359 --> 00:21:55,199 Speaker 2: to remember John who has the trash contracts in the 400 00:21:55,200 --> 00:21:56,160 Speaker 2: city of Oakland. 401 00:21:56,520 --> 00:21:59,880 Speaker 1: The dongs absolutely absolutely and part. 402 00:21:59,720 --> 00:22:04,520 Speaker 2: Of the reason of the proliferation of illegal dumping in 403 00:22:04,680 --> 00:22:09,119 Speaker 2: Oakland is that the Dongs charge more money for trash 404 00:22:09,160 --> 00:22:24,000 Speaker 2: pickup than anywhere else in the state. I don't know why, 405 00:22:24,119 --> 00:22:29,359 Speaker 2: but nothing tickles John Phillips pinker than disgusting smells and 406 00:22:29,520 --> 00:22:34,040 Speaker 2: bug filled living spaces as long as I'm not there, 407 00:22:38,200 --> 00:22:41,400 Speaker 2: listener Gons writes in you can smell it right there, 408 00:22:41,520 --> 00:22:42,920 Speaker 2: You can smell it right here. 409 00:22:46,840 --> 00:22:50,080 Speaker 1: All of this is completely open about trash right here. 410 00:22:50,240 --> 00:22:53,399 Speaker 7: City inspectors have cited the property for code violations, but 411 00:22:53,480 --> 00:22:57,480 Speaker 7: the tenancy the problems continue. Now they're suing. 412 00:22:58,000 --> 00:23:00,920 Speaker 3: What made you, guys aside to to this lawsuit? 413 00:23:01,119 --> 00:23:02,960 Speaker 11: It was an utter lack of accountability. 414 00:23:03,240 --> 00:23:06,720 Speaker 2: Hey, that's the name of our podcast. Subscribe today, Johnny 415 00:23:06,760 --> 00:23:08,040 Speaker 2: Don't like dot com. 416 00:23:07,800 --> 00:23:11,960 Speaker 7: Tony Roman Popaul represents more than sixty current and former tenants, 417 00:23:12,160 --> 00:23:15,800 Speaker 7: all of them seniors or living with disabilities. The lawsuit 418 00:23:15,840 --> 00:23:18,560 Speaker 7: accuses the building's owners and managers of more than a 419 00:23:18,640 --> 00:23:23,320 Speaker 7: dozen civil violations, including negligence, elder abuse, and harassment. 420 00:23:23,600 --> 00:23:28,040 Speaker 11: The people that were representing are retired nurses, retired teachers, 421 00:23:28,640 --> 00:23:31,280 Speaker 11: retired ac transit workers. And they come back to the 422 00:23:31,280 --> 00:23:35,880 Speaker 11: conditions here which are not safe and unsecured and completely dirty. 423 00:23:35,920 --> 00:23:39,159 Speaker 2: This is just unacceptable, right Janis don't you feel for 424 00:23:39,240 --> 00:23:40,880 Speaker 2: those ac transit workers. 425 00:23:41,200 --> 00:23:44,760 Speaker 1: I love the bus driver. Apparently they don't care for 426 00:23:44,840 --> 00:23:45,800 Speaker 1: her much in Oakland. 427 00:23:46,240 --> 00:23:48,920 Speaker 7: Suit also takes aim at how the property was first 428 00:23:48,960 --> 00:23:53,160 Speaker 7: developed and marketed five years ago, alleging it was originally who. 429 00:23:52,960 --> 00:23:55,520 Speaker 2: Comes up with the name Oakland Station. It just reminds 430 00:23:55,520 --> 00:24:05,000 Speaker 2: you of the Palace Station. Ojay, what's going on America? 431 00:24:05,320 --> 00:24:09,520 Speaker 7: We designated us senior housing to attract tenants and secure 432 00:24:09,560 --> 00:24:13,840 Speaker 7: development incentives and tax credits. But building owners got permission 433 00:24:13,880 --> 00:24:16,280 Speaker 7: from the city to open the property to tenants of 434 00:24:16,359 --> 00:24:20,040 Speaker 7: oh ages last year, citing high vacancy rates. 435 00:24:20,440 --> 00:24:22,400 Speaker 2: The old people don't want to move in. 436 00:24:22,920 --> 00:24:26,440 Speaker 1: Now. Wait a minute, if you count the cockroaches, they're 437 00:24:26,480 --> 00:24:27,280 Speaker 1: at capacity. 438 00:24:28,359 --> 00:24:32,200 Speaker 7: The lawsuit religious those empty units were caused by unsafed 439 00:24:32,240 --> 00:24:33,600 Speaker 7: and unhealthy conditions. 440 00:24:33,960 --> 00:24:39,280 Speaker 11: This was passed and sold as an affordable housing complex 441 00:24:39,359 --> 00:24:40,320 Speaker 11: for senior tenants. 442 00:24:40,760 --> 00:24:43,520 Speaker 2: By the way, if you're listening in Woodland Hills, this 443 00:24:43,680 --> 00:24:47,080 Speaker 2: is the exact thing that's being proposed right now, next 444 00:24:47,080 --> 00:24:49,639 Speaker 2: to the Tapanga Center, next to the brand new RAMS 445 00:24:49,680 --> 00:24:52,479 Speaker 2: training facility. And this is what can happen. 446 00:24:53,520 --> 00:24:56,359 Speaker 1: And it looks fine on the outside, but you have 447 00:24:56,400 --> 00:24:58,520 Speaker 1: to see what's under the hood to figure out what 448 00:24:58,600 --> 00:25:00,840 Speaker 1: kind of misery These people are live again. 449 00:25:01,520 --> 00:25:06,359 Speaker 11: And the ownership group secured housing tax credits that greatly 450 00:25:06,400 --> 00:25:07,360 Speaker 11: benefit them. 451 00:25:07,320 --> 00:25:09,919 Speaker 7: After moving in with the promise of senior living in 452 00:25:10,080 --> 00:25:13,479 Speaker 7: upscal amenities. Tenantcy they now feel trapped in a building 453 00:25:13,520 --> 00:25:14,399 Speaker 7: that's falling apart. 454 00:25:14,560 --> 00:25:16,200 Speaker 2: She's just falling up the flooring. 455 00:25:20,040 --> 00:25:20,280 Speaker 1: Well. 456 00:25:20,320 --> 00:25:24,080 Speaker 2: She had to show the asbestos camera. By the way, 457 00:25:24,119 --> 00:25:27,240 Speaker 2: that's a sign of two things. One a decrepit living space, 458 00:25:27,320 --> 00:25:28,800 Speaker 2: or two she has OCD. 459 00:25:31,520 --> 00:25:35,080 Speaker 7: Folks' mailboxes are constantly broken into the laws who describes 460 00:25:35,160 --> 00:25:35,800 Speaker 7: dozens of them. 461 00:25:35,960 --> 00:25:39,720 Speaker 2: It is in Oakland, and you know how much the 462 00:25:39,760 --> 00:25:41,120 Speaker 2: old people like their male. 463 00:25:42,800 --> 00:25:47,359 Speaker 7: Ltch problems from broken heaters and insufficient parking to overflowing 464 00:25:47,440 --> 00:25:53,040 Speaker 7: trash in a raging cockroach infestation. Tenant Claudia Alejandri says 465 00:25:53,080 --> 00:25:55,600 Speaker 7: the roaches have even gotten inside the stay and she's. 466 00:25:55,440 --> 00:25:56,600 Speaker 2: Not a senior citizen. 467 00:25:57,760 --> 00:26:00,679 Speaker 1: Wait, the roaches got inside her seatpath machine. 468 00:26:01,160 --> 00:26:05,560 Speaker 2: Yes, just in case this story wasn't already horrifying enough, 469 00:26:07,440 --> 00:26:09,560 Speaker 2: y'all might need a drink when you got to sleep tonight. 470 00:26:09,720 --> 00:26:12,639 Speaker 2: I'm sorry, this is what's in the news. We have 471 00:26:12,760 --> 00:26:14,480 Speaker 2: no choice. We have to do it. 472 00:26:16,680 --> 00:26:19,640 Speaker 7: Seepep machines. She and her husband used to sleep at night, 473 00:26:20,000 --> 00:26:21,720 Speaker 7: so she has to tape them shut. 474 00:26:25,960 --> 00:26:32,720 Speaker 1: Oh my, oh no, this is so appalling. 475 00:26:33,800 --> 00:26:37,919 Speaker 2: This is how we treat the generation that brought us 476 00:26:37,920 --> 00:26:39,240 Speaker 2: into this world. 477 00:26:40,400 --> 00:26:46,919 Speaker 12: We found roaches inside swimming on the water contain and 478 00:26:46,960 --> 00:26:50,880 Speaker 12: it was like a really stressful situation. 479 00:26:51,359 --> 00:26:53,560 Speaker 7: The lawsuit also lists safety concerns. 480 00:26:53,640 --> 00:26:56,400 Speaker 11: This has been open like that since we've been organizing 481 00:26:56,440 --> 00:26:57,160 Speaker 11: since November. 482 00:26:57,240 --> 00:27:00,600 Speaker 7: This gate, for instance, apparently broken for months and allows 483 00:27:00,720 --> 00:27:03,080 Speaker 7: anyone to get inside. 484 00:27:05,680 --> 00:27:08,840 Speaker 2: The gate to the parking garage that's supposed to protect 485 00:27:08,920 --> 00:27:12,440 Speaker 2: the people inside from the people that are outside has 486 00:27:12,480 --> 00:27:15,119 Speaker 2: been broken since November. 487 00:27:15,880 --> 00:27:18,480 Speaker 1: Why even bother to lock the front door if you're 488 00:27:18,520 --> 00:27:19,840 Speaker 1: just gonna leave that open. 489 00:27:20,359 --> 00:27:25,440 Speaker 2: And the cockroach infestation that we have seen several pieces 490 00:27:25,440 --> 00:27:29,479 Speaker 2: of evidence from, including in that seapap machine, according to 491 00:27:29,520 --> 00:27:35,240 Speaker 2: the lawsuit, has been an ongoing problem since twenty twenty four. 492 00:27:35,920 --> 00:27:38,600 Speaker 2: Living like this for two years. 493 00:27:39,160 --> 00:27:40,760 Speaker 1: Sounds like they're right on top of it. 494 00:27:41,520 --> 00:27:43,840 Speaker 2: The lost At what point do you take your social 495 00:27:43,880 --> 00:27:46,120 Speaker 2: and just go to Idaho? Well, I guess a lot 496 00:27:46,119 --> 00:27:48,640 Speaker 2: of people have. That's why it's no longer senior housing. 497 00:27:49,640 --> 00:27:53,119 Speaker 7: Religious tenants regularly encounter trespassers using. 498 00:27:52,960 --> 00:27:57,680 Speaker 2: Drugs, of course, because why not. 499 00:27:58,200 --> 00:28:01,200 Speaker 7: Text workers and others camping inside the building. 500 00:28:01,320 --> 00:28:04,879 Speaker 2: Okay, so instead of doing your business on International Boulevard, 501 00:28:05,080 --> 00:28:08,480 Speaker 2: the prostitutes are bringing in the sorry to use this term, 502 00:28:08,880 --> 00:28:12,960 Speaker 2: John's sneaking them into the senior housing to do their deeds. 503 00:28:15,760 --> 00:28:21,679 Speaker 2: What can't make this up? 504 00:28:22,320 --> 00:28:24,760 Speaker 1: Well, I'm sure they didn't think this is how they 505 00:28:24,800 --> 00:28:26,600 Speaker 1: would be spending their golden years. 506 00:28:27,359 --> 00:28:28,679 Speaker 7: I have a car stolen this. 507 00:28:33,280 --> 00:28:33,960 Speaker 3: It's a lot of. 508 00:28:33,880 --> 00:28:38,920 Speaker 2: Crime now, and stolen from inside the parking garage. I'm sure. 509 00:28:40,960 --> 00:28:44,120 Speaker 7: Foote ledge is that US Coast Guard Red Tyrone Williams 510 00:28:44,240 --> 00:28:47,680 Speaker 7: reported safety concerns to management and that his doorbell camera 511 00:28:47,760 --> 00:28:51,880 Speaker 7: has captured strangers roaming the hallways and stealing packages people 512 00:28:52,240 --> 00:28:52,960 Speaker 7: off the street list. 513 00:28:53,040 --> 00:28:55,000 Speaker 2: I think that first guy who was just in swim 514 00:28:55,040 --> 00:28:56,160 Speaker 2: trunks was growling. 515 00:28:56,880 --> 00:28:57,560 Speaker 1: I heard that. 516 00:28:58,880 --> 00:28:59,800 Speaker 6: Singing the hallways. 517 00:29:00,120 --> 00:29:01,920 Speaker 3: Never anything like that happened to me before. 518 00:29:02,120 --> 00:29:05,280 Speaker 7: Former tenant Sophia Usman is also part of the lawsuit, 519 00:29:05,520 --> 00:29:08,320 Speaker 7: which alleges that she was assaulted and robbed in the 520 00:29:08,360 --> 00:29:10,120 Speaker 7: building's elevator last year. 521 00:29:10,360 --> 00:29:14,240 Speaker 8: He pushed me and knocked me down and my head 522 00:29:14,440 --> 00:29:17,640 Speaker 8: hit the on the back of the elevator, he grabbed 523 00:29:17,640 --> 00:29:18,840 Speaker 8: my bag and he ran out. 524 00:29:19,040 --> 00:29:19,400 Speaker 7: Record. 525 00:29:20,360 --> 00:29:24,680 Speaker 2: My goodness, who gets robbed in an elevator? 526 00:29:25,120 --> 00:29:28,120 Speaker 1: Well, if you're in one of the most dangerous parts 527 00:29:28,160 --> 00:29:31,760 Speaker 1: of California and you leave the door wide open for 528 00:29:31,920 --> 00:29:35,120 Speaker 1: years without fixing it, what do you expect. 529 00:29:35,600 --> 00:29:38,840 Speaker 7: From Oakland's police department? Show officers have responded to more 530 00:29:38,840 --> 00:29:41,800 Speaker 7: than fifty calls at the property this year alone. 531 00:29:42,720 --> 00:29:48,720 Speaker 2: It's only July, and those are the ones that they've 532 00:29:48,760 --> 00:29:53,960 Speaker 2: responded to. How many calls went unanswered because OPD for. 533 00:29:54,000 --> 00:29:57,480 Speaker 7: Reported robberies, trespassers, carburglaries, and more. 534 00:29:57,800 --> 00:30:02,440 Speaker 8: That was the most terrifying and frightening experience that I've 535 00:30:02,560 --> 00:30:03,240 Speaker 8: ever had. 536 00:30:03,400 --> 00:30:06,600 Speaker 7: But the building's elevators are also a major concern because 537 00:30:06,680 --> 00:30:09,480 Speaker 7: they have broken down more than thirty times according to 538 00:30:09,560 --> 00:30:10,200 Speaker 7: the lawsuit. 539 00:30:10,560 --> 00:30:14,600 Speaker 2: And remember this is a building full of seniors and 540 00:30:14,720 --> 00:30:19,400 Speaker 2: people who are disabled that in an emergency probably can't 541 00:30:19,520 --> 00:30:20,840 Speaker 2: use the stairs. 542 00:30:21,120 --> 00:30:24,200 Speaker 1: Have you ever been in an elevator that is broken 543 00:30:24,280 --> 00:30:24,959 Speaker 1: down before? 544 00:30:26,040 --> 00:30:26,520 Speaker 2: I have not. 545 00:30:27,720 --> 00:30:30,760 Speaker 1: It happened to me once in Long Beach. There was 546 00:30:31,520 --> 00:30:35,280 Speaker 1: a hotel in Long Beach right off the freeway that 547 00:30:35,440 --> 00:30:38,440 Speaker 1: had a bar, a restaurant and bar on the top floor, 548 00:30:38,480 --> 00:30:40,120 Speaker 1: so you had to take the elevator all the way 549 00:30:40,160 --> 00:30:42,640 Speaker 1: up to get there. And I was meeting a friend 550 00:30:42,640 --> 00:30:45,680 Speaker 1: for drinks and I got in the elevator and the 551 00:30:45,720 --> 00:30:49,720 Speaker 1: elevator broke and I was stuck in the elevator. It 552 00:30:49,840 --> 00:30:53,720 Speaker 1: wasn't that long, maybe ten or fifteen minutes, But when 553 00:30:53,720 --> 00:30:56,760 Speaker 1: you're stuck at an elevator, it's the longest ten to 554 00:30:56,800 --> 00:31:00,120 Speaker 1: fifteen minutes of your life. I can only imagine and 555 00:31:00,240 --> 00:31:03,600 Speaker 1: being a disabled same year and being stuck in there, 556 00:31:03,880 --> 00:31:06,800 Speaker 1: and it probably wasn't for ten or fifteen minutes for them. 557 00:31:07,880 --> 00:31:11,200 Speaker 7: In one election incident, also confirmed by the Oakland Fire Department, 558 00:31:11,600 --> 00:31:14,880 Speaker 7: firefighters had to carry a paralyzed ten and down six 559 00:31:14,920 --> 00:31:18,440 Speaker 7: flights of stairs during a medical emergency in twenty twenty four. 560 00:31:18,960 --> 00:31:25,280 Speaker 2: That is unacceptable. Where's the ADA attorneys when you need them? 561 00:31:25,760 --> 00:31:28,960 Speaker 1: It's so funny that if you have a mom and 562 00:31:29,040 --> 00:31:34,600 Speaker 1: pop restaurant and some attorney who's out there causing mischief 563 00:31:35,080 --> 00:31:38,080 Speaker 1: comes after you with an eighty eight lawsuit, they will 564 00:31:38,120 --> 00:31:40,680 Speaker 1: come down on you like a ton of bricks. Yet 565 00:31:40,760 --> 00:31:42,080 Speaker 1: this is allowed to happen. 566 00:31:43,080 --> 00:31:47,240 Speaker 2: Listener Wine Weirdo writes in Luxury Living at its Best 567 00:31:47,280 --> 00:31:49,280 Speaker 2: in Oakland, California. 568 00:31:50,640 --> 00:31:53,120 Speaker 7: At that time, all the building salvators were out of 569 00:31:53,160 --> 00:31:56,840 Speaker 7: service for four days according to the suit, and units 570 00:31:56,960 --> 00:31:58,520 Speaker 7: like Rose Luster Brooks. 571 00:31:58,240 --> 00:32:00,240 Speaker 2: You have people that are literally trapped in the builduilding. 572 00:32:01,000 --> 00:32:02,920 Speaker 1: What if you need to go to the grocery store 573 00:32:03,040 --> 00:32:05,960 Speaker 1: or a doctor's appointment, or you're having a health emergency. 574 00:32:06,840 --> 00:32:09,760 Speaker 7: Say they were trapped in their apartments. 575 00:32:09,360 --> 00:32:13,160 Speaker 8: Every buyer's stuff and it was hard with people like 576 00:32:13,280 --> 00:32:14,840 Speaker 8: me that's in realchair. 577 00:32:15,680 --> 00:32:16,520 Speaker 1: We couldn't get out. 578 00:32:17,000 --> 00:32:18,760 Speaker 3: But the office never came up. 579 00:32:18,680 --> 00:32:22,920 Speaker 2: You know who's probably not a fan of density the disabled. 580 00:32:25,520 --> 00:32:28,680 Speaker 8: Up and say hey, y'all need some water? Is it 581 00:32:28,720 --> 00:32:33,000 Speaker 8: anything we can do to help help you? They never 582 00:32:33,120 --> 00:32:33,680 Speaker 8: check on a. 583 00:32:34,160 --> 00:32:37,200 Speaker 7: The property is owned by Oakland Pacific Associates and managed 584 00:32:37,200 --> 00:32:39,240 Speaker 7: by Conam. We asked both companies. 585 00:32:39,280 --> 00:32:41,040 Speaker 2: I can't wait to find out what kind of connections 586 00:32:41,080 --> 00:32:44,600 Speaker 2: they have to city Hall because these these are government contracts, 587 00:32:44,840 --> 00:32:48,719 Speaker 2: these are tax incentives. You get all kinds of sweetheart 588 00:32:48,800 --> 00:32:53,760 Speaker 2: deals to build affordable housing for seniors. And I wonder 589 00:32:53,800 --> 00:32:55,480 Speaker 2: which company got the contract. 590 00:32:55,880 --> 00:32:58,320 Speaker 1: Could we go back and put that company's name on 591 00:32:58,360 --> 00:33:00,800 Speaker 1: the screen again, because we have a lot of Internet 592 00:33:00,840 --> 00:33:05,080 Speaker 1: saluths in this audience and maybe someone in the audience 593 00:33:05,120 --> 00:33:10,080 Speaker 1: can find out which politicians receive money from this group, 594 00:33:10,520 --> 00:33:13,120 Speaker 1: because I think that'll tell you a whole lot as 595 00:33:13,200 --> 00:33:15,240 Speaker 1: to why the government is looking the other way. 596 00:33:15,760 --> 00:33:19,080 Speaker 2: So the owner is Oakland Pacific Associates. 597 00:33:18,520 --> 00:33:20,880 Speaker 7: Specific Associates and managed by Conam. 598 00:33:21,080 --> 00:33:23,680 Speaker 2: It is managed by a company named Conam, because once 599 00:33:23,680 --> 00:33:26,440 Speaker 2: again the developer is not who's running the place. But 600 00:33:26,520 --> 00:33:28,840 Speaker 2: I'm sure both of them are getting all kinds of 601 00:33:29,280 --> 00:33:32,959 Speaker 2: beautiful incentives to run this affordable housing complex. 602 00:33:33,320 --> 00:33:37,360 Speaker 1: But where is Barbara Lee? Where is Gavin Newsom? Where 603 00:33:37,440 --> 00:33:42,040 Speaker 1: is Rob Bonta? Where is the city council? Where are 604 00:33:42,120 --> 00:33:45,760 Speaker 1: all of the elected officials who these people vote for? 605 00:33:46,480 --> 00:33:51,160 Speaker 1: Where are they when they need them? The answer is nowhere. 606 00:33:51,880 --> 00:33:54,760 Speaker 7: We ask both companies about the lawsuit and its allegations, 607 00:33:54,760 --> 00:33:57,600 Speaker 7: but did not receive a response. In a letter sent 608 00:33:57,640 --> 00:34:01,280 Speaker 7: to tenants in March, building management said they remain committed 609 00:34:01,320 --> 00:34:04,200 Speaker 7: to operating the property in compliance with the law in 610 00:34:04,320 --> 00:34:05,200 Speaker 7: these agreements. 611 00:34:06,280 --> 00:34:08,359 Speaker 2: That wouldn't be true if you had actually gotten rid 612 00:34:08,400 --> 00:34:09,960 Speaker 2: of the cockroaches. 613 00:34:11,400 --> 00:34:14,920 Speaker 7: Adding that the building's heating system has been fixed, common 614 00:34:15,040 --> 00:34:18,680 Speaker 7: areas are regularly cleaned, and the building has a security team. 615 00:34:18,760 --> 00:34:20,919 Speaker 7: Though it's not in place twenty four hours a day. 616 00:34:21,200 --> 00:34:24,000 Speaker 7: The company also said it got approval to open the 617 00:34:24,000 --> 00:34:26,200 Speaker 7: building to people of all ages. 618 00:34:27,000 --> 00:34:30,640 Speaker 2: Yes, because, and maybe this is by design, the conditions 619 00:34:30,640 --> 00:34:33,120 Speaker 2: are so horrible that none of the seniors want to 620 00:34:33,200 --> 00:34:36,680 Speaker 2: actually live there anymore. So now it's affordable housing for 621 00:34:36,800 --> 00:34:40,200 Speaker 2: everybody that can be victimized by the crime and the cockroaches. 622 00:34:40,719 --> 00:34:43,160 Speaker 1: Can you blame the seniors for not wanting to live there? 623 00:34:43,640 --> 00:34:46,920 Speaker 7: Tenants say it is the owners and cities inaction that 624 00:34:47,040 --> 00:34:50,000 Speaker 7: led them to this lawsuit. Will keep you updated as 625 00:34:50,040 --> 00:34:53,080 Speaker 7: the case moves forward in court. I'm Hilda wu thierres 626 00:34:53,160 --> 00:34:56,319 Speaker 7: NBC Bay Area. We investigate just. 627 00:34:56,400 --> 00:35:00,239 Speaker 2: A fantastic piece of reporting from sometimes the all only 628 00:35:00,320 --> 00:35:04,560 Speaker 2: check on the government that we have our local television 629 00:35:04,800 --> 00:35:09,600 Speaker 2: news stations and NBC in the Bay does incredible investigative work. Because, 630 00:35:09,840 --> 00:35:12,680 Speaker 2: like you said, where's Barbara Lee, Where's the Oakland City Council, 631 00:35:12,680 --> 00:35:13,520 Speaker 2: Where's Ken Houston? 632 00:35:13,520 --> 00:35:16,520 Speaker 1: Where's any of them on this? I've said it before 633 00:35:16,680 --> 00:35:20,320 Speaker 1: and I'll say it again. Nothing is going to change. 634 00:35:20,560 --> 00:35:25,480 Speaker 1: Until you start voting differently, nothing is going to change. 635 00:35:26,360 --> 00:35:29,680 Speaker 1: It's not like if you send enough letters you're going 636 00:35:29,760 --> 00:35:32,279 Speaker 1: to get the attention of Barbara Lee and she's going 637 00:35:32,360 --> 00:35:36,239 Speaker 1: to step in and do something. Or Gavin Newsom, who 638 00:35:36,280 --> 00:35:40,440 Speaker 1: won't even acknowledge that the environmental disaster in Boyle Heights 639 00:35:40,440 --> 00:35:43,959 Speaker 1: has happened. 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