critically ill AIDS patient evicted for no reason

by Donna Deiss (tenantsrights [at] sbcglobal.net)

Tue, Aug 1, 2006 3:12PM

I am a 58 year old disabled marine pipefitter and caregiver for Shane who is critically ill with AIDS. Despite tremendous effort, many calls and emails we are being evicted tommorrow at 9 AM Dept. 9 at the Santa Cruz County Courthouse. The landlord is evicting us for no reason as state law states a landlord only has to give a 30 day notice without any reason to evict any tenant unless they are in a rent controlled or protected area which Santa Cruz is not. Please come to the trial 9 AM
Dept. 5.

Shane is a critically ill AIDS patient who has lived at the Riverview Apartments for five years in Santa Cruz but his name was never put on the lease. The landlord is evicting us on the basis of a very minor fire from a candle although they do not admit any reason. Any tenant can be evicted for any reason without cause in Santa Cruz County. Rent control has failed here four times. THe Tenants Rights Union of Santa Cruz County has one remaining member, me, a a 58 years old disabled marine pipefitter and caregiver for Shane. I won an Unlawful Detainer against the owner in 1997 due to retaliation for my tenants rights activities. The landlord gave us no warning and will not listen to us prefering to trust Santa CRuz Property Management which has harrassed us and used housing discrimination practices against us. A previous resident manager admits they have been looking for an excuse to evict me for a long time. Please come to the trial Dept. 5 9AM Santa Cruz County Courthouse

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