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Residents press Merced City to act on fire-damaged and vacant properties; city cites legal process and new ordinances
Summary
Residents described fire-damaged and vacant homes in several neighborhoods and asked the city for faster cleanups; the city attorney and council members outlined receivership, code-enforcement meetings and recent changes to nuisance and anti-slum ordinances.
Esther, a student at John Mayir Elementary, told the council she walks past two neglected houses every day and urged the city to “fix them up or take them down” so the lots might become playgrounds or community gardens for Merced children.
Members of the 25th Street neighborhood and the volunteer group Beautify the Block described piles of trash and fire damage at properties bought in October 2024 and said they have seen no investment since the sale. Jamie Ellison, who provided a paper with a QR code of before-and-after images, said the properties were placed on a recent code-enforcement agenda but were not discussed because the…
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