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Resident group tells council Linton Gardens emergency pull‑cords are unmonitored and life‑threatening
Summary
A resident of Linton Gardens described repeated tests showing the facility’s resident call/ pull‑cord alarm system was not monitored and urged the council to act after a HUD inspection flagged life‑threatening deficiencies; he said residents were asked to sign releases of liability and that police and the county DA declined further action.
A Linton Gardens resident and five accompanying residents told the Palo Alto City Council on Sept. 15 that the assisted‑living pull‑cord alarm system at their property is not being monitored or responded to and that the failure creates a life‑threatening hazard for hundreds of older or vulnerable residents.
"I'm Peter Marling, and I live at Linton Gardens," he said during public comment, and he described conducting 16 tests over months where he said the alarm call system registered a red light but "there was no monitoring and absolutely no responding." He told the council he documented…
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