City Attorney’s Office
May 25, 2023
Seven Council District Teams
Blighted Vacant Building Team
Blackstone Corridor
District Team Case Numbers (as of May 1, 2023):
District 1 – 247 cases
District 2 – 159 cases
District 3 – 411 cases
District 4 – 167 cases
District 5 – 173 cases
District 6 – 97 cases
District 7 – 271 cases
Total: 1555 Cases
Between February to April, 2023, the District teams closed the following amounts of cases:
District 1 – 256 cases
District 2 – 207 cases
District 3 – 278 cases
District 4 – 263 cases
District 5 – 153 cases
District 6 – 156 cases
District 7 – 231 cases
Total: 1544 Cases
4684 E Orleans (District 5)
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3705 E Iowa (District 7)
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Commercial Vacant Buildings
2171 W Shaw (District 1)
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Commercial Vacant Buildings
2547 N Blackstone (District 7)
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The School Area Team provides pro-active code enforcement around schools.
Since the last quarterly report, the SAT has completed inspections and outreach in the following four school areas: Leavenworth (D7), Jefferson (D3), Winchell (D5), and Ayer/Sunnyside (D5). A small number of cases in these areas will continue as they require additional time and effort to reach compliance.
SAT enforcement and outreach is now underway in the following four school areas: Turner (D7), Bullard Talent (D2; D1), Viking (D4), and Slater (D1).
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32 City of Fresno
School Legend February 2020 to Present
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1.Fort Miller Middle School
2.Pyle Elementary
3.Olmos Elementary
4.Wilson Elementary
5.Lincoln Elementary
6.Frank Lane Elementary
7.Rowell Elementary
8.Ericson and Norseman
Elementary
9.Homan Elementary
10.Susan B. Anthony Elementary
11.Calwa Elementary
12. Mayfair Elementary
13.Jackson Elementary
14.Pinedale Elementary
15.West Fresno Elementary and
Middle School
16.Teague Elementary
17.Harvest Elementary and
Glacier Middle School
18.Sunset Elementary
19.Thomas Elementary
20.Muir Elementary
21.Balderas Elementary
22. Fremont Elementary
23. Burroughs Elementary
24. Centennial Elementary
25. Aynesworth Elementary
26. Addicott Elementary and
Scandinavian Middle School
27. Roeding and Williams
Elementary
28. Storey Elementary
29. Eaton Elementary and
Ahwahnee Middle School
30. Wolters Elementary
31. Holland Elementary
32. Yokomi Elementary
33. Figarden Elementary
34. Tilley Elementary
35. Steinbeck Elementary and
Central East High
36. McKinley Elementary and
El Capitan Middle School
37. Saroyan Elementary
38. Columbia Elementary
39. Vang Pao Elementary and
Sequoia Middle
40. Wishon Elementary and
McLane High
41. Heaton Elementary
42. Leavenworth Elementary
43. Jefferson Elementary
44. Winchell Elementary
45. Ayer and Sunnyside High
46. Turner Elementary
47. Bullard Talent Elementary
48. Viking Elementary
49. Slater Elementary
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Community Engagement
January – April
2023
5110 E Lamona (Turner Neighborhood – District 7)
Tall grass/weeds and overgrown landscaping
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3735 E Lyell (Winchell Neighborhood – District 5)
Chipped exterior paint and illegal outdoor storage
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S. Third/E. Orleans (District 5)
.12-acre lot with overgrown landscaping posing fire hazard to occupied properties
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W. Ashlan/N. Parkway (District 1)
.12-acre lot with overgrown landscaping posing fire hazard to occupied properties
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Abatement Team
◦ Completed 113 abatements, including board-ups, tall grass/weed abatements, and junk/rubbish clean-ups.
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709 N Jackson (District 7)
Abatement Team – 3535 N Price (District 4)
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Demolition Team
- Demolitions Completed
- 3 directly by the City
- 7 completed by property owners with Code Enforcement oversight and motivation
- Demolitions in Progress
- 6 demolitions are in progress
- 5 demolition applications are in progress
- 7 rehabilitations by owner in lieu of demolition are in progress - 8 applications for rehabilitation by owner in lieu of demolition are in progress
- Rehabilitations
2 property fully rehabilitated
Demolition by City – 2011 E Tyler (District 3)
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Rehab by Property Owner – 1320 S Modoc
(District 3)
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Rehab by Property Owner – 2531 E Poppy
(District 3)
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Tire Team
◦ Collected 5,005 waste tires this year
◦ Conducted 132 waste tire facility inspections this year ◦ Waste Tire Amnesty Events:
February 27, 2023 – 603 waste tires collected
May 6, 2023 – 1,106 waste tires collected
Illegal Dumping Team
◦ Issued 72 citations since last Code Report
◦ 17 covert camera units are in use to combat illegal dumping and address complaints received from residents and businesses.
Illegal Dumping Team
◦ Concrete Drainage Fire Captured on camera near
Norwich & Santa Fe Avenues
$416,906 Unpaid Customer Invoices
Public Hearing: June 13 & 14
Will request amounts be forwarded to the
Fresno County Tax Assessors Office to be
added to property tax.
ASET and Reactive
◦ ASET currently has 11 open cases with
properties containing 241rental units.
◦ Since the last report, the Reactive Unit has
opened 375 cases, closed 287 cases, and has
286 active cases.
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This property is a 60-unit complex. The initial inspection of the entire complex occurred on March 22, 2023, and more than 700 violations were found. A re-inspection will occur in early June.
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This property is a 76-unit complex. The initial inspection of the entire complex occurred on February 13, 2023, and more than 700 violations were found. A re-inspection will occur in May.
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This property is a two-story building consisting of 5 units. The team found 56 violations, and mailed the Notice and Order in September 2021. All violations have been cured.
Proactive Inspections
◦ Currently, there are 86,484 individual rental units
registered in the Rental Housing Registry, which are
located at 30,555 registered rental properties.
◦ Since the inception of the program, over 18,027
Baseline Health & Safety and Compliance Re-
inspections have been performed.
Since January 1, 2023 to present, 33 complaint
based inspections have been completed, 13 cases
have been closed, and 21 cases are currently
active.
The team has scheduled maintenance inspections
of approximately 571 spaces by the end of the
year.
Substandard unit with illegal additions. The illegal additions were removed, and the vacant unit was secured.
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Damaged carport and posts.
Storage of combustible materials.
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Receiverships
◦ As of May 1, 2023, the legal team has pursued
receiverships in more than 34 cases since 2016.
Receiver appointed and property rehabilitated: 19 properties Property owner rehabilitated or sold property prior to appointment of Receiver: 7 properties
Petitions for Receivership currently pending: 7 properties
The owner is deceased, and the property is a vacant single-family home with various violations. The petition for receivership was filed on April 5, 2023, and an initial hearing has been scheduled for September 6, 2023.
This is a four-unit ASET property with multiple habitability issues. The City posted a Notice to Abate in February 2023, which is the first step towards a petition for receivership. This motivated the property owner to sell, and a compliance agreement has been executed with the new owner.
The owner is deceased, and the property is a vacant single-family home with various violations. The petition for receivership will be filed in May 2023.
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