City Attorney’s Office
October 10, 2024
MOU with OAG signed in August 2023 and
automatically renewed.
Full annual report scheduled for October 31, 2024.
Cultivation – 4 confirmed cultivation sites with
assistance from FPD, and the Department of
Cannabis Control. A total of $3,081,000 in issued
citations and 3,081 seized and destroyed plants.
Retail – 14 smoke shop inspections with FPD, FFD,
CDTFA, and DOJ. Notices issued to all businesses for
illegal products and other code enforcement violations, including unpermitted electrical and illegal additions of habitable space.
CAPP
CAPP
Unpermitted electrical
Illegal addition of
habitable space
Unpermitted water heater
City-wide enforcement of a range of cases,
including sidewalk and mobile vending.
Enforcement of sidewalk and mobile vending in
Parks, pursuant to Resolution 2024-24.
Assistance with Special Events, like Why Not
Wednesday and the Big Fresno Fair.
The team also assists with regular housing and
public nuisance cases. As of September 20, the
team has more than 160 cases, and they have
closed 204 cases since the last Quarterly Report.
Vendors at Roeding Park
Verifying licensing for food
vendor
Inaugural Why Not Wednesday
Seven Council District Teams
Blighted Vacant Building Team
Blackstone Corridor
District Team Case Numbers (as of September 20, 2024):
District 1 – 183 cases
District 2 – 117 cases
District 3 – 357 cases
District 4 – 152 cases
District 5 – 181 cases
District 6 – 78 cases
District 7 – 206 cases
Total: 1274 Cases
From May through September, the District teams opened
and closed the following amounts of cases:
District Opened Closed
1 610 1040
2 405 660
3 555 1207
4 402 1081
5 335 519
6 370 590
7 413 836
Total 3090 5933
Community Compliance
Before After
Community Compliance
Before After
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 seven school areas: Liberty, Riverview, Copper Hills, Fugman, Valley Oak, Granite Ridge, and Clovis North. 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: Hoover (D4), Herrera/Terronez (D5), Tehipite (D7), and Lowell (D3).
2912 E Solar (Riverview Neighbor – District 6)
Traffic Hazard--Overgrown trees/bushes impairing view of vehicles pulling out of driveway, address ID numbers missing
Before After
1342 N Archie (Yosemite Neighborhood – District 7)
Front porch enclosed with blinds, boarded window, tarp and pole structure, address ID numbers missing, tarps on front yard Before After
Abatement Team
◦ Completed 197 abatements, including board-ups, tall grass/weed abatements, and junk/rubbish clean-ups.
Before After
736 N Fisher (District 7)
Abatement Team
5185 W Mission (District 2)
◦ 83,980 lbs junk removed
Before After
Abatement Team – 410 E Lakeview (District 6)
Before After
Demolition Team
- Demolitions Completed
- 2 directly by the City
- 5 completed by property owners with Code Enforcement oversight and motivation
- Demolitions in Progress
- 5 demolitions are in progress
- 4 demolition applications are in progress
- 1 rehabilitation in lieu of demolition has been completed - 9 rehabilitations by owner in lieu of demolition are in progress - 11 applications for rehabilitation by owner in lieu of demolition are in progress
Demolition by City – 345 S Chestnut (District 7)
Before After
Rehabilitation by Property Owner – 4842 E
Floradora (District 7)
Before After
Tire Team
◦ Collected over 4,050 tires this quarter
◦ Conducted 111 waste tire facility inspections this quarter ◦ The next Tire Amnesty Event will be held on October 12 2024, at Pinedale Elementary in District 2
Illegal Dumping Team
◦ Issued 86 citations since last Code Report
◦ 20 covert camera units are in use to combat illegal dumping and address complaints received from residents and businesses.
Incident #1: (D1) August 3, 2024 – Individual illegally dumped mattress and other debris in a commercial business dumpster, and the video was provided by the security company. Citation issued to violator.
Incident #2: (D7) May 10, 2024, illegal dumping of furniture and debris from a U-Haul. Citation issued to responsible lessee.
Quarterly assessment hearings
Most recently, these were held in September
2024, and $318,170.55 was assessed.
This quarter, this team processed 498 code
enforcement Public Records Act requests, 5,765
calls and processed 3,970 correspondences.
ASET and Reactive
◦ ASET currently has 25 open cases with
properties containing 325 rental units.
◦ Since the last report, the Reactive team has
opened 771 cases and closed 853.
Before
This property contains six units. The initial inspection of the entire complex occurred on August 7, 2024, and 130 violations were found. Missing smoke alarm violations are cured, and the remaining violations are in progress.
Before
Before
This is a complex with three units. The initial inspection of the entire complex occurred on July 11, 2024, and 122 violations were found. The Notice and Order was mailed August 14, 2024, and the team will be monitoring compliance.
Before
Before
This is a complex with twenty-eight units. The initial inspection of the entire complex occurred on February 14, 2024, and 274 violations were found.
Over half of the violations have been cleared, and the team is processing a citation for the remaining violations.
After
Before
After
Proactive Inspections
◦ Currently, there are 88,634 individual rental units
registered in the Rental Housing Registry, which are
located at 31,189 registered rental properties.
◦ Since the inception of the program, over 18,744
Baseline Health & Safety and Compliance Re-
inspections have been performed.
From May 1, 2024, to present, 36 complaint-based
inspections have been completed, 1 case has
been closed, and 35 cases are currently active.
In the same time period, the team has completed
two maintenance inspections with a total of 335
spaces and issued 256 notices.
Before After/In Progress
Before After
The legal team focuses on: inspection/abatement
warrants; petitioning the court for receivership;
research memoranda, ordinances, and resolutions
on Code Enforcement related topics; representing
multiple departments at administrative hearings;
and the Eviction Protection Program.
Since May 1, 2024:
◦ 27 inspection and/or abatement warrants
◦ Initiated the receivership process on two properties. ◦ Represented the City at 19 administrative hearings.
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