12-04-2016, 11:07 PM
This likely has to do with the Oakland fire.
Painting Castle= the warehouse which housed many artists.
nos approach- "we "approach to housing" A communal sense of living in an unsafe structure.
contest- expect some no contest pleas. Recently, a "master tenant" pled no contest to a unrelated felony.
Several residents said they were lured in by the promise of cheap rent and a creative community, only to find that their new home had no heat, sporadic electricity and a master tenant — Mr. Almena — who would bring in homeless people to harass residents who crossed him. Mr. Almena was serving a sentence of three years’ probation, having pleaded no contest in January to a felony charge of receiving stolen property. Mr. Almena and Ms. Allison could not be reached for comment on Sunday.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/04/us/war....html?_r=0
Painting Castle= the warehouse which housed many artists.
nos approach- "we "approach to housing" A communal sense of living in an unsafe structure.
contest- expect some no contest pleas. Recently, a "master tenant" pled no contest to a unrelated felony.
Several residents said they were lured in by the promise of cheap rent and a creative community, only to find that their new home had no heat, sporadic electricity and a master tenant — Mr. Almena — who would bring in homeless people to harass residents who crossed him. Mr. Almena was serving a sentence of three years’ probation, having pleaded no contest in January to a felony charge of receiving stolen property. Mr. Almena and Ms. Allison could not be reached for comment on Sunday.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/04/us/war....html?_r=0