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City attorney’s outside counsel details $1.2 million in settlements, ongoing nuisance enforcement
Summary
Attorney David Welch told the Compton City Council the city’s nuisance-abatement program (launched April 2023) has yielded roughly $1.2 million in settlements and judgments the firm is pursuing; he cited several properties placed in receivership and urged continued coordination with code enforcement and the sheriff’s department.
Attorney David Welch presented the city council with an update on Compton’s nuisance-abatement program, saying the effort began in April 2023 and has targeted illegal marijuana dispensaries and other chronic nuisance properties.
Welch said the program has produced about $1.2 million in settlements and judgments totaling roughly $187 million ‘and change’ that the city is pursuing. He described tactics used in several court cases, including asking judges to appoint receivers to take control of properties so they can be repaired or sold to new owners who will invest in the neighborhood.
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