Oakland Community Housing Inc. Investigation Update:

Oakland Community Housing Inc. OCHI Investigation Update

Oakland - On March 31, 2009 a petition with over 500 signatures was delivered to Oakland's City Council demanding an investigation into Oakland Community Housing, INC (OCHI).

During that same evening Councilman Ignacio De La Fuente announced that his office asked the Attorney General's office to conduct an investigation into OCHI, and that the results should be available in 90 days. An e-mail from Libby Schaaf of Councilman De La Fuentes office dated one day later (April 1, 2009) to Noelle Quattrin of the Attorney General's office in California reveals that an investigation into OCHI was requested by Councilman De La Fuentes office.

As a result of requesting documents under the public records act, on Monday July 13, 2009 the City of Oakland released a number of reports, including one report which reveals that East Bay Asian Local Development Corporation (EBALDC) & the Oakland Housing Authority (OHA) were deeply involved in the process that resulted in actions intended to illegally evict (displace) the tenants from the historic California Hotel.

The tenants of the California Hotel were protected at that time under Measure EE and still are, but the April 22, 2008 CEDA report reveals that EBALDC, OCHI, the OHA, and City of Oakland had total disregard for the rights of the tenants at the California Hotel, in their haste to to transform the California Hotel into transitional housing.

On Monday July 13, Noelle Quattrin of the Attorney General's office stated that she was not aware of any investigation into OCHI.

Moments later, Jerry Brown's spokesperson Scott Gerber advised me that he was not aware of any investigation into OCHI, but that theres over 1,100 attorneys in his agency with around 3,300 employees, and stated that he would get back to me if he learned that an investigation into OCHI is actually underway, or has occurred.

See the April 22, 2008 report called the 'Work Out Plans For OCHI Properties' for more on what was happening at the California Hotel and other OCHI properties right before an injunction was filed last summer to stop the scheme to displace the tenants of the California Hotel.

On August 6, 2008 a $53 million claim was filed against the City of Oakland for their involvement with OCHI in illegal scheme to evict the tenants from the California Hotel.

The April 22, 2008 CEDA report reveals that there were others involved besides the City of Oakland and OCHI in the scheme to displace the tenants from the California Hotel, and backs up the claims of the tenants stating that they were being illegally evicted from the California Hotel.

See more below...

Lynda Carson may be reached at tenantsrule [at] yahoo.com


---Work Out Plan for OCHI Properties---

"April 22, Oakland, CEDA Report"

Click below for full report called the 'Work Out Plan For OCHI Properties'.

See pages 5 & 6 item #3 called; 'Properties With Identified Sponsors'.


Also see pages 5 & 6 of Attachment B near the bottom of the Work Out Plan Report...

(The section on pages 5 & 6 reveals EBALDC's involvement in scheme to displace the tenants of the California Hotel, including on pages 5 & 6 in Attachment B near bottom of report.)

Click below for full report...

http://clerkwebsvr1.oaklandnet.com/attachments/19005.pdf

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Investigation into Oakland non profit housing organization underway

by Lynda Carson ( tenantsrule [at] yahoo.com )
Wednesday Apr 1st, 2009 2:42 AM

Activists are pleased that an investigation into Oakland Community Housing, Inc. (OCHI) is underway, but are deeply disappointed that their demands to have more oversight instituted over the way non profit housing organizations are spending millions in tax payer dollars on their housing projects, has been rejected by Oakland City officials!

Click below for more....

http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/04/01/18585115.php

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California Hotel Tenants File $53 Million Claim Against Oakland

Click below for Beyondchron article by Lynda Carson.....

http://www.beyondchron.org/news/index.php?itemid=5956

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Big victory for California Hotel tenants

by Lynda Carson, November 2008 - San Francisco Bay View Newspaper

Oakland - In a huge victory for the tenants of the California Hotel, Alameda County Superior Court Judge Richard Keller ruled on Oct. 29 to keep in place a temporary restraining order against Oakland Community Housing Inc. (OCHI), stopping the corrupt nonprofit housing developer from evicting the tenants or shutting off the gas, water and electricity at the historic hotel they reside in.

Click below for full San Francisco Bay View article......

http://www.sfbayview.com/2008/big-victory-for-california-hotel-tenants/

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California Hotel tenants fight against non profit to remain in housing

by Lynda Carson ( tenantsrule [at] yahoo.com )
Thursday Jul 17th, 2008 8:01 AM

Click below...

http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/07/17/18516962.php

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California Hotel tenants are not alone with eviction fears
(Tenants at risk in other OCHI properties.)

by Lynda Carson ( tenantsrule [at] yahoo.com )
Saturday Jul 19th, 2008 4:04 AM

Click below...

http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/07/19/18517601.php