What: an apartment complex whose owner is behind on water bills, with a possible water shutoff and displacement of residents, and the city's enforcement and assistance response.
Where it stands: On October 13 the administration said residents had been given notice that water could be cut off the following Thursday, community development would visit the next day to plan assistance, and the matter had been referred to the white collar crime unit. Council members asked about earlier enforcement at 30 days of arrears and asked that other properties be added to the referral.
Next: Water department figures on how far behind the account is; community development assistance plan; investigation by the white collar crime unit.
Administration and the City Attorney described the shutoff notice, the referral to the white collar crime unit (police, sheriff's office and District Attorney), the limits of a tenant remedy (a private civil suit, possibly paying rent into the court registry) and a community development assistance plan; members urged starting enforcement earlier and adding other properties to the referral. See also Property Standards and Blight.