HomeMy WebLinkAboutPRR26233 Walker - Safe Housing code complaint data for May 2026 Study Session
From: kathie walker <
Sent: Saturday, April 25, 2026 1:22 PM
To: Tway, Timothea (Timmi) <TTway@slocity.org>; Mezzapesa, John <jmezzapesa@slocity.org>
Subject: "Safe Housing" code complaints
Hi Timmi,
During our meeting yesterday, you showed us the presentation with a chart that showed the number of
code enforcement complaints with abandoned shopping carts at the top. "Safe housing" was also near
the top with over 200 complaints. There wasn't much at all about Greek houses in that presentation.
Some of the slides were identical to those presented at the code enforcement study session in October
2023, before the problem of fraternity houses overtaking the neighborhood was being publicly discussed.
I am confused about the focus of the upcoming study session on May 26. During our meeting yesterday,
the Power Point did not focus on Greek houses. However, in the City's response to the grand jury,
Recommendations 3 and 4 (screenshots below) say that Task 4d, which is the upcoming study session
on May26, addresses the fraternity issue directly.
Under R3, the City cited "Tasks 4b and 4d, during the 2025-27 Financial Plan. These Tasks include a study
session with the City Council to discuss Code Enforcement priorities related to safe and livable
neighborhoods... as well as a project plan and standard operating procedures for the enforcement of
zoning code regulation of Greek houses."
Under R4, Task 4d states the City will "\[c\]reate a project plan and standard operating procedures for
Community Development enforcement of zoning code regulations pertaining to Greek houses. Consider
potential updates to zoning code to facilitate efficient regulation of Greek houses."
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I don't recall any of those points being mentioned in the Power Point presentation you showed us
yesterday. Would you please forward that PowerPoint presentation to me?
In the presentation, the list of code cases received by Code Enforcement were in chronilogical order
based on the number of complaints received by the City, with abadoned shopping carts being the top
complaint. "Safe housing" was also near the top, with over 200 complaints.
Will you please send me the complaints made to the City included in that figure, either through the
AskSLO app or otherwise, and the code cases that were generated from those complaints. I want to see
the context of those complaints in relationship to the "neighborhood livability" major city goal, and if they
are serious habitability issues. I think context is important, especially considering that the grand jury
spent their year of duty investigating the issue of fraternity enforcement and the correlation of illegal
fraternity operations in residential neighborhoods making those areas "almost unlivable for most
residents."
Please forward my request to the City Clerk if it needs to be routed through as a CPRA request. The
timeline for the data is based on whatever data you are presenting to the Council in the Power Point
presentation.
Thank you for your help.
-Kathie
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Thank you,
Kathie Walker
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