[cloudmountain]

This was an atrocity caused by a bunch of hippies illegally occupying totally unsuitable structure, converting it to multiple residences and artists' pads, failing to comply with the most rudimentary fire safety precautions, and a liberal city government that utterly failed to fulfill its legal obligations to enforce the law.

Oakland's property values have gone up. Those folks are going to have to move elsewhere...maybe to Cuba. I've give them one-way, non-refundable tickets.

[kearnyirish2]

These honkies were probably the reason property values were going up; not that they contribute anything, but they were “whitening” the city...

[grania]

Oakland's property values have gone up

That's the bottom line. In trendy cities, nobody wants to deal with houaing for people who aren't at the two extremes....upper-echelon and low income rent subsidies. So what do they do? Look the other way with these horrendous working, recreational, and living conditions.

The city has to be held accountable for any violations they knew about, but did nothing.