AN INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTABILITY PROJECT
THE WEHORECORD
A routine report of unsafe housing conditions became a stepwise audit of a municipality unable to demonstrate accountability, interoperability, auditability, or a coherent work product.
One extensively documented experience. One civic sentinel event. A public-health threat and a civil-rights problem hiding behind the appearance of government.
Statement of purpose
WHY THIS RECORD EXISTS.
I did not set out to investigate my landlord or the City of West Hollywood. I asked for basic repairs and basic safety.
WHEN YOU ARE SICK, YOU BECOME MORE EXPENSIVE TO YOURSELF.
I was paying approximately $3,000 a month for a home I chose because I needed quiet, privacy, and stability. I paid more so that home would ask less of me. Instead, I paid again for repairs, testing, storage, relocation, and the work of proving conditions that should have been documented by the people responsible for them.
After years of written repair notice, contractor visits, the ceiling collapse, and City involvement, my landlord signed an unlawful detainer pleading under penalty of perjury stating that he did not know about needed repairs. The dated repair record is published here so everyone can see what he knew, when he knew it, and what he later swore to the court.
OPEN THE NOTICE RECORD AND SWORN CONTRADICTION →It began with a ceiling collapse. For more than a year, I believed I was participating in a legitimate public safety process. Instead, I encountered sham inspections with no official reports, life safety hazards denied or left undocumented, contradictory explanations, closed cases, and a collapsed ceiling whose interior repair was never inspected or approved by Building and Safety.
By December, the danger was no longer limited to the condition of the property. My landlord’s erratic conduct had made it unsafe for me to remain, while serious illness and disability, both known to the City, prevented me from removing my belongings. For months, I continued reporting the hazards and harassment to City officials and a prosecutor, believing my criminal complaint and habitability concerns were being taken seriously. Yet as I uncovered more, the retaliation intensified. While I was still relying on that process, my landlord obtained an eviction judgment without my knowledge.
The property’s safety remains unresolved. Another person may move into a home whose collapse and repair were never properly examined, while the retaliation against me continues despite serious illness. With no meaningful avenue left for escalation, I created this website to document what happened.
Independent forensic review
WHEN THE CITY PROVED INCAPABLE OF DETERMINING WHETHER THE HOME WAS SAFE, I HIRED A FORENSIC CIVIL ENGINEER.
Knowing what you do not know is part of professional competence. I am a physician, not a civil engineer. This question required engineering expertise, so I retained it.
Public release note. The final engineering record is preserved but withheld from public release for potential litigation and formal agency review.