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Cerritos property preservation commission adopts resolutions for multiple properties; one motion fails
Summary
At its May 20, 2025, meeting the Cerritos Property Preservation Commission found several properties to be public nuisances under Cerritos Municipal Code chapter 6.2 and set abatement periods; one proposed resolution failed for lack of a second after commissioners noted progress at the site.
The Cerritos Property Preservation Commission on May 20, 2025 adopted a series of resolutions finding multiple properties in the city to be property nuisances under Cerritos Municipal Code chapter 6.2 and setting short abatement periods, while declining to adopt a proposed resolution for one address after commissioners said the property had shown recent improvement.
The commission (Chair Chokshi; Vice Chair Spitzer; Commissioners Ferrer, Robles and Westfall) heard staff reports from code enforcement officers and voted on six docketed nuisance cases. Most resolutions carried unanimously; one adopted 4–1 and one failed for lack of a second.
Why it matters: Resolutions that find a property a nuisance begin a short abatement timeline that can lead to administrative fines or city abatement work if owners do not correct violations. The cases addressed issues commonly enforced under the municipal code — inadequate ground cover, dead vegetation, visible trash/debris, inoperable vehicles and…
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