Letter to Senators Barbara Boxer and Dianne Feinstein

Here's a copy of a letter I wrote to Senator Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer. Of all the letters I wrote to these Senators, Mrs. Feinstein's office wrote back.


August 16, 2006


Dianne Feinstein
311 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING
Washington D.C, Maryland 20510

Dear Mrs. Feinstein,

I wrote to your office about a year ago concerning a problem I was having with Oakland Community Housing Management, a company that manages government subsided housing in the Bay Area.

I was being harassed by a sort of sexual predator whom I was living in a room adjacent mine. I had notified various managers of a government subsidized Hotel (Oaks Hotel), at different times but they did nothing. Then I started protesting and picketing the area outside the Hotel. The Hotel is near many government offices, , (the State Building, The Federal Building and Oakland City Hall). Eventually I was able to get the attention of an employee of the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing.

I filed a complaint with the State alleging that the Hotel management were complicit and or ignored my complaints about sexual harassment by a particular tenant.

I signed a conciliation agreement between the Oakland Community Housing management and myself. It was ill advised maybe to sign without the help of a lawyer on my side, but I felt that it was the best I could get, given the evidence of collusion of the management of the Oaks hotel to interfere with my civil rights, and the proof I had of this, also the investigator was kind of demanding. So I signed, in doing that ,I forfeited some my right to sue the Hotel in civil court over this matter. The State can re-open the case within one year if they feel the Hotel has not acted in good faith with the agreement if that's accurate.
The case was closed though since an agreement was signed, but it has still been less than a year since the agreement was signed. They can take some action, but its been really difficult. that former case number is goes like H-200405-Q-0111-ph/090503058, and the investigator for that case is Gwen Richardson, (that lady will never forgive me).

All the conciliation agreement basically says is that the hotel;

1. The hotel has to move me away from the tenant in 711.

2. The Hotel personnel has to attend meeting having to do with tenants rights based on California laws on fair employment and housing. Within 60 days.

3. The hotel as to disseminate materials based on California Law on fair housing to tenants and prospective enants within 30 days of signed agreement.

I'm STILL being harassed by other tenants here about that guy room #711, either I'm supposed to play with him, punk him or kill him. Either is bad news. Though few have told me this directly, I heard people talking and they are REALLY loud about it, some people have suggested this directly.
I can here people talking about it outside the building here in the courtyard, outside the hotel. The Tenants here always mention it. Strangers relate the news in supermarkets where I work, and they even come around my mothers house. No, I am not crazy. The painful thing for me is that the State building is just a few feet away from this hotel and employees of the State building (professional lawyers) got and get an earful of what these youth/drug dealers/thugs are saying, mornings as they go into the State building to work. These Youth drug dealers/thugs are terrorizing people living in the Hotel particularly me.

The Hotel agreed to change my room, I feel that the STATE had to know more about this sorry situation occurring around here and the drugs (Crack) on their front porch and did/do not take action. It is difficult for me to get the California Department of Fair employment and housing to take further action on my case, I feel cause of the conciliation agreement I signed with the Hotel. I'm concerned that even if they so ,the powers that be around here will retaliate against me and my relatives!

I should mention that I have been making efforts to move out of this Hotel. I found another little room, all I can afford, but its not to far away from here , just out of the general area. I have been receiving threats from other tenants and persons unknown that I will be "Gunned" or that "they have to hit me" and will somehow retaliate . Who would retaliate? and Why? Is it connected maybe with drug dealers and drug use around. I am afraid to move and to work around here, afraid for my relatives in the area. I cannot get the State to re-open my case against This Hotel and this organization...at least without specific names, even though the California Department Of Fair Employment and Housing is supposed to INVESTIGATE reports of HATE VIOLENCE, INTIMIDATION, RETALITALIATION concerning employment and housing. I afraid ME and my mother might be long buried before anybody hears about this ,that’s why I'm writing this letter. I am afraid to move because people around here have made general threats against my well-being, though I am scheduled to move Oct 3, 2005.

Work is becoming difficult as I cannot travel or work in the Bay Area without running into people who know about my situation. Some of the African-Americans youths/thugs are the worse, they make threats, they even threaten my mother. By trying to help my mother I inadvertently brought her the attention to these thugs. Some have found out where she lives and thugs walk by or drive by her house, making threats at her as if there going to rape her or me? My mother takes care of my grandmother and some other children in a two story four bedroom house.

Is California department of Fair Employment and Housing interested in enforcing Anti-discrimination, Sexual harassment, Anti-hate and intimidation Laws? cause I’d be dammed if I can find anyone who seems to want to help me. I've talked with the investigator of my case Gwen Richardson, and even her boss, Suzanne Chastelle.

After a difficult night here thanks to tenants here, all the thoughts and fears of leaving, loosing my job, trying to get by with little money, in fear of people possibly coming after me, or retaliating against my family, being homeless. Is nearly driving me crazy. Is there anything you can do to remedy this situation?