Retaliation/Harassment of Resident After Filing Report with State

New management took over at Trailer Haven September 2016 and since then we have had two rent increases and a long list of non-stop requirements, and this is after several decades of the park in the same family. This current letter is in response to two Seven Day Notices I received at 6 PM Friday, January 19. I have seven days to remove my dogs, despite no problems or complaints and being declared on my tenant contract last year, and to remove a platform next to my house that was installed in September 2009 with the management's approval at that time. All these things should be grandfathered into my current contract since they were approved at the time.

Trailer Haven Management:

These two Seven Day Notices are 100% retaliation on your part because I forced to report the park to the State of California because the trees on my neighbor’s property were not being trimmed and causing damage to my home. And, as a reminder, retaliation based on filing a state report is illegal. All the items stated in the notices have been in place for over nine years and were approved in writing by the previous management. That is called being grandfathered into the existing contacts.

At 6 PM on Friday, January 19, 2017, I was in the bathroom in the back of my home. I heard what appeared to be a female shouting my name from outside, and she continued to shout. When I got up to my front door, I heard someone still shouting my name and waving a couple of envelopes. I thought this person was the mail carrier and couldn’t understand why they weren’t putting the mail in the box, and I also thought they were letters to be signed for. I told this person to put the mail in my box. I still had no idea who this person was. The person said, “This is Allison, your Manager,” and then she threw two envelopes at me, which landed in a puddle of water and mud in my yard and then she turned and walked away.

In general all the items listed in the two Seven day notices have been in effect and in place long before the new management took over in September 2016, so that means, they are “grandfathered” into my tenancy and are not a violation.

The awning and attachment was put in when I moved in in September 2009, and had full approval of Bob Granada at the time. The contractor who helped me put it in showed all the plans to Bob and got his approval, as well as the front fencing. Also, there were several other residents who had the exact same awning and base and the contractor copied those designs to make mine.

I moved into Trailer Haven with my dogs in January 2009, and obviously, I am not hiding them since I walk them several times a day in the park and surrounding neighborhoods. They are also declared on my updated tenant documents with the new management. They are also licensed with the City of San Leandro and have current vaccinations.

The fencing around my place, as stated earlier, was put in in September 2009, with full approval of the design by Bob Granada.

Yes, my dogs can be loose inside my fenced and locked area since that is what I pay for, and there is a long list of other residents who also have dogs inside their fenced areas, including both my next door neighbors. Are you giving them Seven day notices for having their dogs inside their fenced yards that they pay to rent? Are you seriously going to say that it is a violation to have a dog loose inside a fenced yard on the space that I pay rent for? Or are you only attacking me because I contacted the State of California to have the trees trimmed? Would any of this be happening if I never contacted the State?

I clean my yard regularly. Are you going to all the yards in this park and checking for feces to see if people are cleaning up after their dogs? Are you giving them 7 day notices? I guess you missed my next door neighbor and her yard because she never cleans up after her dogs.

There are also other residents in this park who have dogs. I see them walking their dogs regularly. Are you issuing them Seven day notices? Or are you only attacking me because I was forced to contact the State of California?

To repeat these two Seven day notices are in 100% retaliation on the management’s part because I was forced to contact the State of California because the trees on my property were never trimmed. As a reminder, the inspector did say the trees were in violation. To date, the trees have never been properly trimmed or cut back. Two maintenance guys came in and hacked away at a few branches that took all of 15 minutes to complete. The remained branches remained uncut and causing problems.

All these things which you state in your notices have been in effect for over nine years when I first moved in, and visible to anyone at any time. Why now are you issuing these notices less than a month after I contacted the State of California? Just pure coincidence that only after being in management for a few short months, suddenly these things are a priority? And that is despite not a single complaint from any other resident or neighbor or city or state official or anyone about anything of any of these items in your list?

The State of California housing inspector has already been informed about these bogus notices. He will be contacting your office. A property management attorney has also been contacted and is standing by. I also have a long list of city and state officials, including the local press, to contact when and if I need them. Your choice. Stop harassing of a resident who pays their rent and causes zero problems and instead go after all the drug dealers and prostitutes in this park and the people with aggressive dogs who can’t keep them on leash and allow them to bark non stop.

Jackie Phillips

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San Leandro Patch

Richard Travassos, Manager of Sacramento office