Updated September 7, 2024
LA Mayor Karen Bass speaks June 25, 2024 denying housing services
August 2, 2024
(See latest updates to court documents on this page:)
How Mayor Karen Bass and city deny Blacks housing services
Los Angeles Judge James C. Chalfant says
Black tenants not entitled to housing services
LOS ANGELES.
Whites at risk:
Can You Answer the Question?
The city government Mayor and Council, property owner and management company all take the same position that a tenant is not entitled to any housing services unless they are listed in the rent agreement. But examine this LAMC code section and you decide do you agree or disagree? “Housing services are services that are connected with the use or occupancy of a rental unit including, but not limited to, utilities (including light, heat, water and telephone),ordinary repairs or replacement, and maintenance including painting. The term also includes the provision of elevator service, laundry facilities and privileges, common recreational facilities, janitor service, resident manager, refuse removal, furnishings, food service, parking and any other benefits, privileges or facilities. (LAMC Sec. 151.02, Definition of Housing Services)” RAC. 410.04 LAMC 151.03A.” Do you feel that this law entitles tenants to any housing services? Does this code say housing services have to be listed in the rental agreement?
“Friends, Romans, countryman, lend me your ears”. The court, city and the owner of the property maintained two things. First that the intercom and tandem parking were not available at the inception of the tenancy in 2010. And second that the Intercom and tandem parking are not written into the written rent agreement. Both of these positions are false for different reasons.
The rent agreement was signed by the parties and declares in writing that the housing services are “including, but not limited to”. Therefore, my opinion is that the Intercom and tandem parking are included in the rent agreement. The city presented witness statements that said the intercom was part of the building prior to 1973. (My tenancy began 2010.) The COO for the building shows single as well as tandem parking. Second, the Intercom and tandem parking do not have to be written into the rent agreement because by California law, only lease agreements of one year or more have to be in writing so if this was conditions that were implied by the conduct of the parties i.e. the intercom box on the outside of the building, intercom box in the tenants unit, the tandem parking available in the parking lot, the oral agreement to provide tandem parking for and occurred for four years, these are all conditions that indicate there was an implied in fact contract that was valid. The condition that the rental agreement must be in writing only applies to lease agreements of one year or more; that requirement does not apply to month-to-month tenancies such as mine. The city and the court has characterized my rent agreement as a lease agreement and that is FALSE. The law recognizes implied in fact contracts and implied in law contracts, as well as as oral contacts based on the conduct of the parties. The owner of the property (conduct) also wrote in 2023 that he installed a new door entry intercom for “for all units” (but has not supplied me the parts to use it) and that he will assign me a tandem stall when one is available. None of this occurs in the rental agreement , nor does it have to be in the rent agreement, so they could be implied in fact or implied in law agreements. Based on these facts, the Court, City, and Owner have taken a position that is against the law and ignores the facts. For more information, see That State of California, Department of Consumer Affairs annually publishes a booklet entitled “California Tenants, A Guide to Residential Tenants’ and Landlords’ Rights and Responsibilities”. A copy of the booklet can be downloaded from the Department of Consumer Affairs’ web site at http://www.dca.ca.gov .
Here are some examples of implied-in-fact contracts:
Dog walking
A dog owner asks a neighbor to walk their dog, and the neighbor is rewarded with movie tickets. On subsequent occasions, the neighbor continues to walk the dog and is given more movie tickets.
Restaurant
A customer orders food from a restaurant, and the restaurant owner is obligated to serve it. The customer is also obligated to pay the menu prices.
Hair salon
A customer asks for a haircut, and the hair salon owner provides the service. The customer has implicitly agreed to pay for the haircut, and the salon owner has implicitly agreed to provide the service in exchange for payment. (Source: Google.)
July 11, 2024
IMO the Court (6/27/24) is saying that Black tenants are not entitled to any housing services not listed in the rental agreement. The Court is not giving any weight to the conduct of the parties. Sometimes tenants and landlords agree on services that are not listed in the rental agreement. Before the ruling, in the court hearing the Judge said the opposite: At the hearing on this matter, the court argued, (City attorney) “The intercom is not a housing service for Mister Johnson because it did not exist at the inception of the tenancy” and the Judge said, “That doesn’t mean it’s not a housing service. It meets the definition of a housing service. Whether that housing service was available at the inception is a different issue. But it’s a housing service. It’s a housing service.” So the definition of housing service is spelled out under LAMC “Housing services are services that are connected with the use or occupancy of a rental unit including, but not limited to, utilities (including light, heat, water and telephone),ordinary repairs or replacement, and maintenance including painting. The term also includes the provision of elevator service, laundry facilities and privileges, common recreational facilities, janitor service, resident manager, refuse removal, furnishings, food service, parking and any other benefits, privileges or facilities. (LAMC Sec. 151.02, Definition of Housing Services)” RAC. 410.04 LAMC 151.03A. Notice in this section it does not say services have to be listed in the rental agreement and it also says tenants are entitled to “including, but not limited to”. The Judge decision as well as the City position is to ignore tenant entitlements under the code section IMO. The Judge decision also endangers the health and safety and peaceful enjoyment of the premises of White tenants. Interestingly the property owner wrote for the record that they support the position of the City, yet in other documents and testimony the property owner says they installed the intercom outside —-“My client has since installed a new working intercom for all of the units”—-and says the property includes tandem parking stalls and says the tenants unit 9 are entitled to one, but the Court appears to say the opposite. This ruling may affect the rights of thousands of tenants.
LOS ANGELES. The court has issued a decision. Related documents appear below including the decision and notice of OSC hearing. Basically, the decision has to be turned into a Judgment, then it could be appealed to be reversed by a higher court. So the decision is not final yet.
(Redacted)
The proposed judgement (“PJ”) should specifically state that it only applies to the City of Los Angeles, that it is not applied to the real party in interest because the legal authority of the Writ is to question a city government decision , not the actions of the Real party in interest since the real party in interest (“Hi Point 1522 LLC”) is not a government agency.
“The court decision makes no reference to the oral agreement of the of myself and between myself and the property owner therefore the oral agreement to supply a working intercom and the parts, and the agreement to supply . A a tandem parking stall is not subject to dictates of the June 27, 2024 decision of the court. Consequently, the decision does not address and does not bar does not back as a act as a bar to new evidence or continuing obligations of the parties.
PETITIONER GEARY J. JOHNSON DECLARATION
RE: RECEIPT OF PROPOSED JUDGMENT AND PETITIONER OBJECTION TO
PETITIONER GEARY J. JOHNSON’S OBJECTION TO TENTATIVE DECISION, DECISION, AND PROPOSED ORDER; DECLARATION IN SUPPORT
Petitioner Declaration
June 28, 2024
Los Angeles. The court had a hearing on this matter on June 25, 2024. At the hearing, it was shown that the city attorney’s office under Mayor Karen Bass refused to provide for the administrative record numerous relevant documents that were submitted by the Black tenant. Nevertheless, those documents still show they were filed with the court as a matter of public record, but of course, since the city did not present them for the administrative record, then the city is not denying the validity of those documents and the Judge will not rule on them. We will try to post the ruling of the Judge onto this site in a few days and also an unofficial transcript of the hearing. The city attorneys office under Mayor Karen Bass, argued that Intercom and tandem parking were not entitled housing services for Blacks tenants because they were not listed in the rental agreement. The court disagreed and said that tandem parking and Intercom are indeed housing services. We’ll have to see if that actually gets into the written decision. The Judge is courtroom 85 petition for writ the Hon. James C Chalfant. The City has not proven that services have to be listed in the rent agreement to be housing services. A careful reading of the LAMC does not say services for tenants have to be listed in the rent agreement.
June 19, 2024
“Respondent city of Los Angeles, housing department declaration re-attempted service of the USB flash drive upon petitioner”
(Editor note: witness that the city claims on June 11, it attempted service by a city mailing system. We must assume that the asset attorney went to college and also to law school so in this particular case the issue is that the Intercom system does not work. So if the intercom system does not work, that means that any delivery service will be prevented from making deliver. Duh. DUH. Prior to that on June 10, claims the Bass City Attorney Soto, “the city process server was unable to complete the delivery after two attempts because petitioner and his roommate did not answer door knocks on their apartment door and installed what appeared to be a Styrofoam that blocks the mail slot on their apartment door.” Again, DUH, the intercom does not work. Most likely the tenants were not at home because they were forced to go to work to pay the rent, in other words, this is not a business address where there is a secretary standing by during business hours. Of course, the city attorneys office already knows this. It looks like the city attorneys office appeared to damage the door of the tenants by attempting to get through the door blocked by some Styrofoam blocks, which apparently means that that slot is not supposed to be used for any type of deliveries. DUH. The slot is blocked off to prevent any type of harmful intrusions into the apartment of the tenants and it’s blocked off because the owner of the property refuses to remove it from the door. Duh. DUH. FYI The slot on the door was for purposes of a previous manager to receive rent payments from tenants. It is no longer being used since there is a mailbox. The only way to enter the 18 unit apartment building is through the front door by having a key code or by using the Intercom. Not all tenants have been given the tools to use the Intercom system. Therefore, the deliveries that the city attorney questions are subject to the Black tenants not having a working intercom system, and do not have the tools to use the Akuvox system. Why did the city not just put the docs Into the US mail in the first place since they are non-confidential documents? The city participates in this deprivation of housing services to Blacks for purposes of racism and retaliation. Signed NIGGER BOY.)
“Respondent City of Los Angeles housing department’s notice of lodging, the joint administrative record and petitioner supplemental records, and flash drive of all briefing.”
June 17, 2024
(Editor Note: Follow up to June 16, 2024 post below.)
I reference publicly accessible administrative cases held by the City of Los Angeles. When I filed the Petition for Writ of Mandamus in 2023, I was referencing a city decision RSO case CE273371. That case file was 138 pages. (The number of pages herein is not including court filings that occurred after February 2023). By July 2023, the City claimed the file that was 138 pages had now ballooned to 329 pages. In addition, in 2023, the City claimed there was a typo in the 2022 decision so that that typo caused that 2022 one page decision to balloon to nine pages of supplemental information. The City based its new information by adding and including in the court case previous RSO cases CE208134 (506 pages decided 7/2015), CE203006 (decided Jan. 2015 at 355 pages), CE212259 (243 pages decided 2015), and CE273371 (closed 12/2022 and supplemented 7/6/2023 for total of 329 pages.) Adding the court documents to these numbers, the total comes to over 2,000 pages, much of which was added to the case file by the city government, not by the Petitioner. Pages 506+355+243+329= 1433 pages. This contradicts the biased and confusing position of the City which can be read in the transcript below. The Petitioner (myself) filed a court case based on 138 page case file. The City responded by adding 1295 pages of documents, but the City appears in the transcript to be blaming the Petitioner. This figure does not include the City’s additional court filed documents.
The redaction below is instructive on these issues: “Petition’s RSO complaint CE273371 (AR722-AR1051.) claims harassment by landlord. The City claims “a thorough investigation was conducted”. A careful reading of the file shows that a thorough investigation was not conducted nor was an evidentiary hearing held. Certain issues were not administratively adjudicated: The city harassment ordinance was passed in 2021; it could not have been previously adjudicated as the City alleges because the city RSO cases 208134, 203006, and 212259 occurred in 2015, six years before the harassment ordinance was passed. The city position is a false statement, abuse of authority and discretion and proves the failure to comply with CCP 1085 and CCP 1094.5. Further, decisions for such cases (except 273371) did not state they were subject to review under CCP 1094.5. Also case 208134, 203006, and 212259 are for new damages occurring at different time periods and rent checks. Petitioner notes that the (AR 2050) states that every apartment comes with an intercom. Finally, the CE273371 case involves owner Hi Point 1522 LLC while the other three RSO cases involve a different owner Hi Point Apts LLC. Therefore the City is incorrect to claim that the matters were linked together, identical, or administratively adjudicated.(AR 748-750. AR 754, AR 758.) (AR 722- 730.)” (Redacted from Opening Brief filed 2/27/24.)
June 16, 2024
(Editor: This matter is set for hearing and decision without oral argument for June 25, 2024 at 9:30 am. Posted here is a redacted copy from the transcript of the previous hearing October 24, 2023.)
Excerpts
MS. BREITHAUPT: ALL RIGHT. YOUR HONOR, SO I JUST WANT TO CORRECT THE RECORD. HE, ACTUALLY, ASKED FOR 19 CODE ENFORCEMENT CASES DATING BACK TO 2014.
THE COURT: YEAH. I’M NOT INTERESTED IN —
MS. BREITHAUPT: THE CITY’S NOT PRODUCING THEM. HE’S ASKED FOR A TENANT HABITABILITY PLAN RELATED THERETO. I’M NOT PRODUCING THAT.
HE’S ASKED FOR A REAP COMPLAINT. NOT PRODUCING THAT.
HE’S ALSO ASKED ME TO SCOUR CITY COUNSEL RECORDS AND PUBLIC COMMENTS BY HIM. THAT WAS NOT BEFORE THE GENERAL MANAGER HEARING OFFICER. I’M NOT PRODUCING THAT.
SO THESE ARE NOT DECLARATORY STATEMENTS, BUT I JUST — REALITY CHECK, BECAUSE I THINK THAT MR. GEARY HAS TRIED TO ASCERTAIN DOCUMENTS THAT HE THINKS ARE RELEVANT, BUT HAS FAILED TO UNDERSTAND THE BOUNDARIES THAT IT HAS TO BEFORE — BE BEFORE THE DECISION MAKER, THE GENERAL MANAGER HEARING OFFICER, NOT CITY COUNSEL. (Pages 15-16)
THE PLAINTIFF: YOUR HONOR? YOUR HONOR, I DO APOLOGIZE THAT I AM IN TOUCH WITH THE REAL PARTY IN INTEREST, AND ALSO THE ATTORNEY FOR THE REAL PARTY IN INTEREST. BUT I’M IN TOUCH WITH THEM BY EMAIL BECAUSE THEY HAD REACHED OUT TO ME BY EMAIL. AND I DO HAVE A CONTINUING RELATIONSHIP — A RENT RELATIONSHIP WITH THE REAL PARTY IN INTEREST. SO THERE’S JUST NORMAL PROCESS OF COMMUNICATING WITH THEM. (Page 21)
MR. GERST: — COMMUNICATION FROM MR. JOHNSON,
WHICH WAS REGARDING RENT ISSUES AND A DISPUTE WITH, I BELIEVE, 35 INDIVIDUALS, IN ADDITION TO MYSELF; INCLUDING, IT APPEARS, THE ENTIRE CITY COUNSEL, NUMEROUS STATE SENATORS AND STATE CONGRESS PEOPLE AND VFVH. I BELIEVE THAT’S WHY MS. BREITHAUPT RAISED THE ISSUE, IS BECAUSE SHE WAS INCLUDED ON THAT COMMUNICATION, ALONG WITH THE EXCESSIVE NUMBER.(Page 22)
MAY 28, 2024
LOS ANGELES. Black tenant fights back against racist Los Angeles city government housing department and denial of full and equal housing services under Mayor Karen Bass. (These are public documents.)
(Excerpt – Reply, page 7)
“Bill Gates has said that the world population contains too many people. This means a mandate issued to exterminate as many people as possible by denying health care, denying housing services, etc. Adolf Hitler was a government official. “Historians estimate that around 1,1 million people perished in Auschwitz during the less than 5 years of its existence. The majority, around 1 million people, were Jews. The second most numerous group, from 70 to 75 thousand, was the Poles, and the third most numerous, about 20 thousand, the Roma. About 15 thousand Soviet POWs and 10 to 15 thousand prisoners of other ethnic backgrounds (including Czechs, Belorussians, Yugoslavians, French, Germans, and Austrians) also died there. https://www.auschwitz.org/en/history/auschwitz-and-shoah/the-number-of-victims/ . In view of the role that it played in the realization of the Nazi extermination plans, Auschwitz is known around the world as a symbol of genocide perpetrated by Nazi Germany, and especially of the destruction of the Jews. “When the Nazis came to power in 1933, there were several thousand Black people living in Germany. The Nazi regime harassed and persecuted them because the Nazis viewed Black people as racially inferior. While there was no centralized, systematic program targeting Black people for murder, many Black people were imprisoned, forcibly sterilized, and murdered by the Nazis.” https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/afro-germans-during-the-holocaust . The Respondent City of Los Angeles, are government officials much like Adolf Hitler was. Bull Conner, Lester Maddox, George Wallace, were government officials.”
(Excerpt, Reply, Page 2)
“We hereby order your intercom in your unit to be repaired or replaced today.” “We today provide you with a cell phone and WiFi to use the Akuvox system.” “You are now assigned to tandem parking stall number ( ).” Reasonable.
“In the world population, 61 million people died in 2023. Those who are reading this will die one day. The Petitioner will die one day. That does not change the facts of who the Respondent and the Real Party in Interest are, and the injustices they partake against the Petitioner.
“Two tenants died at this subject address 1522 Hi Point St. in the last few years. The intercom system needed to be functional for all tenants, not just a privileged few, in order to prevent one of those deaths.
“The building intercom—-similar to thousands of those across the city—-and the tandem parking—-similar to onsite parking at thousands of buildings across the city—-are for purposes of health and safety. An intercom assists tenants to screen out unwanted and possibly harmful visitors. A (gated) assigned tandem parking area (such as this address) allows tenants to maintain a safe living environment free from assaults, robberies, break-ins, and even death. An intercom and tandem parking help assure peaceful enjoyment and prolong the lives of all tenants, until they die.”
April 25, 2024
LOS ANGELES. The City of Los Angeles files their Opposition Brief to stop Black tenants from receiving full and equal housing services: working unit intercom, maintenance, and tandem parking stall.
February 27, 2024
LOS ANGELES. Filing of the trial brief. Johnson vs City of Los Angeles. Case 23STCP00644.
Oct 24, 2023
LOS ANGELES. Court hearing continued in Case 23STCP00644. Los Angeles Superior Court. At the October 24, 2023 hearing the Judge said (IMO) that he did not understand the Motion to Augment the Record (filed by Petitioner) and the attorneys for the city and Hi Point 1522 LLC said the motion was “unintelligible” and that they would oppose or move to strike it. (If you want to read about corruption in Los Angeles Government, you have to read the city’s answer to the petition and also their amended answer. Both not posted on this blog so far.) The office of the city attorney and the law firm Novian and Novian LLP said they would move to strike from the court record any mention of the word “corruption”.
Corruption and Lies in the Office of the City Attorney
In court filed papers Case 23STCP00644, the city attorney claims that in city case CE273371 there was an administrative hearing. FALSE. There was no administrative hearing. The city attorney office also claims the Los Angeles Housing Department has authority to enforce the city tenant harassment ordinance. FALSE. The ordinance does not give the LAHD authority to enforce it. The city has used federal tax dollars to lie to the court. ” dishonest or fraudulent conduct by those in power, typically involving bribery.” Source: corruption defined. If you read the court papers of the City, there is more false statements while the city continues to benefit financially from the rent payments of tenants.
Oct 2, 2023
Power Property Management Inc., Hi Point Apts LLC, Meghan Hayner (and Los Angeles Mayor and Council) named in California Civil Rights Department Complaint. Power Property Management Charged with Disability and Racial Housing Discrimination
September 20, 2023
LA Mayor Karen Bass Named in Denial Housing Services Complaint
Filed “PETITIONER GEARY J. JOHNSON’S SUPPLEMENTAL PETITION IN SUPPORT OF PETITION FOR WRIT OF MANDATE (CCP § 1085) (CCP 1084-1097)”. Case 23STCP00644 Los Angeles Superior Court.
Excerpt:
“The actions stated herein of PPM are because they are racist towards me as a Black male.
(Source: Unruh Act). The actions stated herein of Hi Point 1522 are because they are racist towards me as a Black male. (Source: Unruh Act)” Exhibit 46-005.
“Other than racial discrimination and retaliation, and after receiving my monthly rent payments July-December 2021, what is the reason defs feel I am not entitled to replacement of the intercom? Other than racial discrimination and retaliation, and after receiving my monthly rent payments July-December 2021, what is the reason defs feels I am not entitled to assignment to a tandem parking stall?” Exh. 46-001.
(Editor Note: Petitioner apologizes for some of the document grammar incoherences that occurred due to illness. Petitioner plans to file with the court clerical corrections. Editor note: This is a housing services case with elements of racism inexplicably linked. The document PDF is about 467 pages and 25 MB size. If you want to learn how the city conducts pattern and practice racism, this document is a good start. Remember what Justice Clarence Thomas said, “Mr. Thomas denounced then-Sen. Joe Biden’s …harassment hearings as a “high-tech lynching.”) See below filed Notice of Errata of corrections to the Supplemental Petition in Support of Petition for Writ of Mandate.)
“Petitioner objects to the City position because such practice and and pattern is “actual fraud, corruption, and intentionally to cause harm”. (Amended Reply to Supplemental Answer)
“In 2020, the number of email users reached the 4 billion mark, which means that over 50% of the world’s population was using email. The latest reported number in 2022 is close to 4.26 billion. Government agencies DO use email to contact people. (Source: Google)”
PETITIONER GEARY J. JOHNSON’S NOTICE OF CONTINUED TRIAL SETTING CONFERENCE (CCP § 1085) (CCP 1084-1097)
Editor Commentary
The Minute Order of the Court 10/24/2022 (below) states “Emails between petitioner and respondent (City of Los Angeles) will not be included as part of the record”. “Respondent may file a motion to strike all pleadings by the petitioner after the answer was filed.”
To summarize, at question in this Court action is a complaint where the tenant– a Black Male American–asked the city government housing department to intervene (as the city is authorized) to grant tenant a rent reduction due to reduced maintenance to intercom and reduction of parking from two cars to one car. Tenant continued to pay rent year after year (2014-current) and the city refused to grant a rent reduction; in 2022 after passage of city tenant anti-harassment ordinance, tenant filed a new city complaint (ongoing wrongs and continuing obligations) and the City has denied that complaint also saying the denial of housing services does not constitute harassment. The tenant filed the Court action questioning the decision of the city case CE273371 such file numbering 138 pages. In the meantime the City supplemented its 2022 decision and added other city cases so that now the file is over 1300 pages not including all court files. The City and property owner Hi Point Apts LLC claim they will seek to strike all of the tenants’ pleadings from the record; the Court has said (October 24) that “emails” between petitioner and City will not be included in the 1300 page record to the Court. Tenant’s Petition for Writ is 207 (2/28/2023) pages with Exhibits and the Supp Petition is 467 pages with exhibits (8/23/23). As for emails, much of government business is conducted by emails. Numerous Los Angeles local government agencies provide email addresses for the Public to contact government. Even Los Angeles city council members have email addresses. Los Angeles City case CE273371 is accessible to the public. That case file contains at least 26 emails between the Blackman tenant and the city government and the Property owner. Those emails IMO are a part of the history of Los Angeles government. Is it the court’s intention to erase Blacks from the history books? One email in particular is ten pages long May 15, 2022 at 5:53 pm and is entitled in part “Racism and Corruption in Los Angeles”. (That email is on this blog in another page). Often when receiving an email, various city departments will respond with a “received” receipt. The CE273371 case file may also include faxes and priority mail documents. Numerous REAP and code enforcement complaints since 2014 also were denied. Since 2014 Blackman has paid rent (the City benefits from the rent monies) asked for a working intercom in his unit while numerous white tenants in the building had a working intercom and did not have to beg; since 2014 Blackman has asked for a tandem parking stall and paid for one in his rent monies; owner and City refuse to repair the intercom in the unit and and refuse to provide the tandem parking. Recently Novian and Novian (lawyers for the owner) said the Blackman can have a tandem parking stall “as soon as one become available and he is first come first served”; Blackman responded detailing there are at least four vacant stalls available today and that he has been first come first serve ahead of about 15 tenants; still no parking stall and no working intercom in the unit. (Circa November 6, 2023).
“In 2020, the number of email users reached the 4 billion mark, which means that over 50% of the world’s population was using email. The latest reported number in 2022 is close to 4.26 billion. Government agencies DO use email to contact people. (Source: Google)”
PETITIONER GEARY J. JOHNSON’S NOTICE OF MOTION AND MOTION TO AUGMENT THE ADMINISTRATIVE RECORD FOR THE PETITION FOR WRIT OF MANDATE (CCP § 1085) (CCP 1084-1097)
PETITIONER GEARY J. JOHNSON’S NOTICE OF ERRATA RE PETITIONER GEARY J. JOHNSON’S AMENDED REPLY TO RESPONDENT’S SUPPLEMENTAL ANSWER TO PETITIONER’S SUPPLEMENTAL PETITION FOR WRIT OF MANDATE (CCP § 1085) (CCP 1084-1097)
July 14 2023
City Records Request 23-7163 at https://recordsrequest.lacity.org/requests/23-7163
LA Mayor Karen Bass Named in Denial Housing Services Complaint
Reference: Also see Los Angeles City Clerk published documents at
June 24, 2023
News article highlights Los Angeles housing racism
Los Angeles, California
Public Comments (“PC’s”) to Los Angeles City Council Agenda Item 22-1327. Communication from the Public.
“CITY EMPLOYEES DECLARED AS RACISTS AMONG US. Motion (Bonin – Raman – Harris-Dawson – Price) relative to a City-owned property inventory that identifies all underutilized, surplus, and/or remnant lands, and any county, regional, state, and federal public lands that could be transferred or redistributed to historically marginalized groups, and related matters. “
Click to access 22-1327_PC_PM_06-24-2023.pdf
“I have also asked such respondents for a reasonable accommodation for tandem parking at this address 1522 Hi Point St 90035. The city government has refused the accommodation, and refused to engage in an interactive process of discussion. The city government and the Los Angeles Housing Department is engaged in the abuse of federal monies and using federal monies for purposes of housing discrimination.” (Excerpt)
“City government published documents show race and disability discrimination practiced by city employees” (Excerpt)
“Attention Nisi, Brett, Thomas Khammar, Meghan Hayner: The cost of this fax is $7.00 prorated on how many I send. Labor costs $44 per fax. Please see attached June 15 2023 email sent at 11:09 am. Subject: ”Racism. RSO LAHD case number CE282421. Still without working intercom housing service. Still without tandem parking. CRD Case 202305-20745222.” A written response is requested.” (Excerpt)
“Intentional denial of smartphone, internet, wi-fi, to use the Smartphone enabled intercom Akuvox.” (Excerpt)
https://clkrep.lacity.org/onlinedocs/2022/22-1327_PC_PM_06-24-2023.pdf_
“As a covered entity under Title II of the Americans with Disability Act, the City of Los Angeles does not discriminate on the basis of disability, and upon request will provide reasonable accommodation to ensure equal access to its programs, services, and activities.” City of Los Angeles code violation program via employee David Wood.” (Excerpt)
https://clkrep.lacity.org/onlinedocs/2022/22-1327_PC_PM_06-24-2023.pdf_
“I believe the Akuvox system is designed to cut off tenants like GEARY J. JOHNSON from the peaceful enjoyment of the premises and full and equal housing services.” (Excerpt)
Click to access 22-1327_PC_PM_06-24-2023.pdf
“I am a tenant who is Ham-Jew-DNA-Kushite/Black male American” (Excerpt)
(These excerpts appear from city government public documents.)
(Also published under city clerk agenda items 23-0321-S1, 23-0666, 23-0652, 21-0828 at https://cityclerk.lacity.org/lacityclerkconnect/index.cfm or “LACityClerk Connect”, Council File Number, Search, Communication from Public. The pictures below released to the city under separate cover.)
Victory at 1522 Hi Point St But Jewish Tenants Suffer
Power Property Mgmt. Inc
and Skylight Properties
Deny housing services to Blacks
Google “Racism Hi Point Apts”
Says Walter Barratt
Documents herein:
PETITIONER GEARY J. JOHNSON’S NOTICE OF MOTION AND MOTION TO AUGMENT THE ADMINISTRATIVE RECORD FOR THE PETITION FOR WRIT OF MANDATE (CCP § 1085) (CCP 1084-1097). Los Angeles Superior Court Case 23STCP00644.
PETITIONER GEARY J. JOHNSON’S NOTICE OF ERRATA RE PETITIONER GEARY J. JOHNSON’S AMENDED REPLY TO RESPONDENT’S SUPPLEMENTAL ANSWER TO PETITIONER’S SUPPLEMENTAL PETITION FOR WRIT OF MANDATE (CCP § 1085) (CCP 1084-1097). Los Angeles Superior Court Case 23STCP00644.
As told to Citywatch Los Angeles 5/31/24
(Not published. https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/28937-the-mta-dangerous-for-riders-and-a-waste-of-money)
Wow. 6,000 homeless are thrown off metro each day. I did not know Metro council count that high. Sad as denial of housing services. Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and the housing department and the code enforcement department said they are delighted that for over nine years they have denied housing services to Black tenants while endangering the lives of white tenants. LA City employees declared as “Racists” PC 22-1327. Google search – lahousingpermitsandrentadjustmentcommission la city employees declared as racists PC 22-1237. (Redacted from Reply Brief:) “Jimmie Grimaldi’s Mom lives in unit #4. His Mom is white. She gets a tandem parking stall and working intercom upon inception of tenancy in year September 2022. ( Her name has been changed for this narrative). Jimmie Grimaldi’s Mom does not have to wait nine years for housing services, like the Petitioner is waiting. In a similar scenario, a few years back, a white female tenant asked for her single parking stall to be lengthened into a tandem parking stall and the request was granted. Petitioner’s requests for equal treatment were denied.
“Bill Gates has said that the world population contains too many people. This means a mandate issued to exterminate as many people as possible by denying health care, denying housing services, etc. Adolf Hitler was a government olcial. “Historians estimate that around 1,1 million people perished in Auschwitz during the less than 5 years of its existence. The majority, around 1 million people, were Jews. The second most numerous group, from 70 to 75 thousand, was the Poles, and the third most numerous, about 20 thousand, the Roma. About 15 thousand Soviet POWs and 10 to 15 thousand prisoners of other ethnic backgrounds (including Czechs, Belorussians, Yugoslavians, French, Germans, and Austrians) also died there. https://www.auschwitz.org/e… . In view of the role that it played in the realization of the Nazi extermination plans, Auschwitz is known around the world as a symbol of genocide perpetrated by Nazi Germany, and especially of the destruction of the Jews. “When the Nazis came to power in 1933, there were several thousand Black people living in Germany. The Nazi regime harassed and persecuted them because the Nazis viewed Black people as racially inferior. While there was no centralized, systematic program targeting Black people for murder, many Black people were imprisoned, forcibly sterilized, and murdered by the Nazis.” https://encyclopedia.ushmm…. . The Respondent City of Los Angeles, are government olcials much like Adolf Hitler was. Bull Conner, Lester Maddox, George Wallace, were government olcials.
“We hereby order your intercom in your unit to be repaired or replaced today.” “We today provide you with a cell phone and WiFi to use the Akuvox system.” “You are now assigned to tandem parking stall number ( ).” Reasonable.
“In the world population, 61 million people died in 2023. Those who are reading this will die one day. The Petitioner will die one day. That does not change the facts of who the Respondent and the Real
Party in Interest are, and the injustices they partake against the Petitioner.
“Two tenants died at this subject address 1522 Hi Point St. in the last few years.The intercom system needed to be functional for all tenants, not just a privileged few, in order to prevent one of those deaths.
“The building intercom—-similar to thousands of those across the city—-and the tandem parking—- similar to onsite parking at thousands of buildings across the city—-are for purposes of health and safety. An intercom assists tenants to screen out unwanted and possibly harmful visitors. A (gated) assigned tandem parking area (such as this address) allows tenants to maintain a safe living environment free from assaults, robberies, break-ins, and even death. An intercom and tandem parking help assure peaceful enjoyment and prolong the lives of all tenants, until they die.”
Case No.: 23STCP00644. Los Angeles Superior Court Johnson v City of Los Angeles
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