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Thursday 4 October 2012

The owner of a building in San Francisco fined $135,000 for renting to "Cambodian Crips" gang. [Is this court decision racist, treating all Cambodians like criminals?]

 
Herrera's 245 Leavenworth St. settlement helps tenants, denies base to 'Cambodian Crips' Gang



Owner agrees to pay $135K in civil penalties and sell building after litigation results from serious code violations, security issues

SAN FRANCISCO (Oct. 2, 2012) -- City Attorney Dennis Herrera today announced a settlement agreement in his lawsuit against the property owner of 245 Leavenworth Street, an apartment building whose residents had been forced to endure a pattern of serious housing and health and safety code violations for more than two years. Apart from egregious habitability issues plaguing tenants, police reports had long identified the property as a base for criminal and nuisance activity throughout the Tenderloin neighborhood by the "Cambodian Crips" criminal street gang. Since Herrera filed the litigation nearly a year ago, the defendant had addressed code violations that led to more than a dozen Notices of Violation and Orders of Abatement from the San Francisco Building Inspection Department over the prior two years.

Another significant improvement the property owner undertook after Herrera filed his litigation was to enhance the building's security. That step was instrumental in disrupting the unwelcome activities of a criminal street gang that had long used the property as a base for its criminal operations throughout the neighborhood. The gang, variously known as the "Cambodian Crips," "TL," "Thug Lords," and "245," had used the property as a locus for its drug trafficking and violent intimidation tactics, forcing neighbors to feel like prisoners in their own homes.

The settlement filed in San Francisco Superior court today requires the building owner to pay $135,000 in civil penalties to the City, and to sell the property to a new owner by October 31, 2012.

"This is a case in which an errant property owner did the right thing in the midst of litigation to resolve the serious problems plaguing tenants and the surrounding Tenderloin neighborhood," said Herrera. "While it's unfortunate that a lawsuit was required to achieve this positive outcome, I'm grateful for the defendant's cooperation to address serious code and safety violations, and to help halt the activities of a lawless criminal street gang. The defendant's cooperative approach helped to avoid a contentious legal battle, and wisely minimized civil penalties that could otherwise have been much larger."

Named as defendant in Herrera's lawsuit was John E. Wai, as an individual and as trustee of the John E. Wai 1981 Living Trust. The City Attorney's complaint, filed in October 2011, detailed numerous housing code violations that created a public nuisance, including: 1) lack of continuously operating elevator; 2) bedbugs and other pest infestations; 3) lack of heat in multiple units; 4) plumbing leaks; 5) excess garbage piled in rear yard; 6) sewage leaks; 7) insufficient bathroom ventilation; 8) mold and mildew; 9) lack of hot and cold running water; 10) damaged/defective apartment entry doors; and 11) deteriorated rear fire escape.

The case is: City and County of San Francisco and the People of California v. John e. Wai, et al., San Francisco Superior Court, filed October 24, 2011.

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

Th US court just did its job, different from the Cambodian court, which is not independant.

A phnom Penh resident

Anonymous said...

You have the right to vote them out of the office my friend which is don't vote for them (Cpp) anymore.Don't have independent court in Cambodia? Democratic will bring justice to all people in Cambodia if they win in 2013, don't worry vote democrat for a change .You will have independent court under democratic party.All people are subject to the laws and order under democratic party no one is above the law,not even Mr Sam Rainsy nor Khem Sokha.All men are created equal under democratic party,all men are protected by the rule of laws.

Kmenhwatt.

Anonymous said...

Don't matter what nationality you're if you're a "gang" you're will be on a shit list. Their parents go through hell to brought them here to get a better life and higher education, look what happen to them, joining a bunch of BS, bring a bad name of Cambodian/Khmer. They should be deported back to Cambodia to join HS gang.

Anonymous said...

Yes you're right deport these thugs back to where they came from.They disrespect their parents and laws and order deport them to joint Cpp gangs.Their parents went thru hell to get them a better life look what these thugs has done? Joint gangs!!! Disrespect authority and their parents and teachers to joint the thugs to deal drugs,they are useless in our society.I don't blame Obama administration (INS) to deport these thugs back home.Let them run the gang on Phnom Penh street and see what will happen to these thugs? Screw all these stupid thugs,regardless of their nationality or ethnicity etc.....Bravo! Bravo! INS....Bravo....!Deport all these SUCKERS!...

Yobal Khmer.

Anonymous said...

I agree. These Khmer thug are better off being deported back to their CPP families in Phnom Penh. Let them rot in the street killing each other there or even better. Let te CPP thugs kill each other or put a few bullets in Hun Sen head to be the Khmer hero.

Anonymous said...

Between 1979-1981, there were many of Khmer rouge people were sponsored by the USA and they were considered as Cambodian suffering from war, regardless who they were no discrimination at all this is a good point for human rights. After years living in the USA some have succeeded to make their lives possible with families and children but some have not.

Anonymous said...

Sadly, many of the Khmer Rouge who were sponsored to live in a democratic country such as the US still live a life of murders and crime, a fitting slogan for their CPP families such as Hun Sen who was also Khmer Rouge commander in the Pol Pot regime.

Hun Sen is no different to his CPP offspring, running crimes and gangs, majority now located in Long Beach, a luxurious gateaway town for Khmer Rouge offpsring and Hun Sen's offspring.

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