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Residents urge city to address vacant, fire‑damaged rental at 151 West C Street and strengthen code enforcement
Summary
Property owner and neighbors told the council a rental at 151 West C Street was abandoned in 2020, repeatedly occupied by transients, and burned in June; they urged an ordinance requiring owners to report vacancies and secure properties and asked the incoming city manager for follow up.
Two residents told the council on July 1 that a rental property at 151 West C Street had been abandoned in 2020, repeatedly reoccupied by transients, and caught fire in late June, and they asked the city to take stronger action on vacant and nuisance properties.
Maria Pinaldo, an owner of property with family ties to Brawley, said she first reported the property to code enforcement in November 2020 and described an initial responsive cleanup by officers Oscar Escalante and David Trevino in January 2021.…
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