Right, the city needs to issue a blight notice. At least the property directly next to it is finally getting renovated after probably 10 or more years just sitting there unfinished!

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Thank you.

There is now organized drug sales operating out of the laundromat across the street.

Petty crimes like blight breed more serious crimes like drug sales, which is going to bring gun fire.

There is no indication that the situation has been addressed. This building has been abandoned and a magnet for blight for at least the past 5-years. Please contact the property owner and hold him/her accountable.

This is still a chronic dumping area. Since this item was first listed, the City has picked up trash at this location 3-times. It would be more cost effective if the City contacted the property owner and required the owner to conform to the City blight ordinances. One or 2 phone calls and a threatening letter seem far less expensive than paying for a truck, employees and landfill costs again and again and again.

This property is on the market for sale. If property maintenance is too expensive for he owner, then he/she should lower the selling price! Why should the neighborhood be the one to pay?

Agree 100%. The owner should be held accountable, regardless.

The City has done nothing to address this issue. The problem is NOT the dumped trash but an absent land owner who is not maintaining his/her property.

The reason for this inaction is that Oakland is a corrupt city where officials fear holding others accountable because such action might involve the expenditure of political capital. When maintaining political capital become the primary objective of City officials, the bureaucracy ceases to serve the public.

I completely agree that blight and illegal dumping lower property values and attract crime.

I think part of the problem is that the Code Enforcement dept is very understaffed. Plus, even after owners are cited, the process is slow. If it's a foreclosed property, the bank is legally responsible for securing and maintaining it. An ordinance to that effect went into effect a couple of years ago, but there has been little or no oversight.

The other problem is that some of these properties have been bought up by real estate developers who plan to build offices and lofts. Meanwhile, they don't maintain the properties and buildings that are scheduled to be torn down at some point. The old Coast Sausage property is a case in point.

Please report the illegal drug activity at the laundromat.

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