Tenants in a Fruitvale area apartment building have complained that they had no heat, no working smoke detectors, bedbug and cockroach infestations, faulty electrical wiring and other habitability problems, including a fire in July 2016 that caused extensive damage to several units.
Landlord attempted to illegally triple the rent for family renting the upstairs unit of his duplex by pretending he had moved into the downstairs unit
Companies knew for decades that their products caused climate change and posed “catastrophic” risk, but lied to consumers and continued to make enormous profits.