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Residents and callers press council on blight enforcement, language access and fees
Summary
Online and in-person public commenters raised concerns about blight enforcement equity, language access for hearings, and the cost of land-use hearing fees for small nonprofits; callers also urged clearer staffing counts at Building & Code and expressed frustration with perceived inconsistent enforcement.
Public comment at the close of the Department of Appeals and Hearings budget hearing included a string of short statements from community members raising enforcement, equity and fee concerns.
Maurice Weeks urged clarity on the staffing levels at the Building and Code division and at CREO language-access units after recent dangerous-building incidents, saying the numbers in the mayor's proposed budget appeared unchanged from last year. The council clerk said staff would…
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