Tenants at one of L.A.'s largest apartment complexes continue to live in unsafe conditions months after the city, county and landlord pledged action.
Prior efforts at oversight have foundered. In 2017, L.A. City Attorney Mike Feuer sued Pama Properties and Nijjar over crime problems at Chesapeake Apartments, resulting in a settlement that required upgrading the complex’s security systems. In late 2021, city code inspectors began an assessment of the entire complex, one required by law every two years, and gave it a clean bill of health.
A flurry of activity followed. The volume of citations led the landlord to make fixes throughout the complex and inspectors returned multiple times to check on their progress. After one review found numerous instances of peeling paint, the county set up a mobile clinic to test residents for lead poisoning.
“I’ve seen many of these cases,” said Thomas Nitti, a lawyer representing the landlord said at the hearing. “This case was almost wrapped up in an extraordinary amount of time.” More than two dozen tenants attended to complain about continued poor conditions in their units, and expressed frustration at the city’s convoluted process for holding the landlord accountable.
“Would you live here or would you have your loved ones live here?” Bivins said. “If a repair was done in that way, would that be an adequate repair in your house? If the answer is no, then guess what, it shouldn’t be an adequate repair in mine either. This thing is 100% unfair.”
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