SAN FRANCISCO – A San Francisco landlord who was once described as an “unscrupulous predator” who allegedly tried to evict tenants from a rented apartment pays them $ 2.7 million, a state appeals court ruled.

The court upheld the award last month in a 2015 lawsuit filed by Dale Duncan and Marta Munoz Mendoza, who lived in the building with their daughter.

The lawsuit alleged that a company controlled by Anne Kihagi harassed her for more than a year to force her out of her apartment in order to attract higher-paying tenants.

They were eventually forced to vacate the building when the landlord filed an “owner eviction,” which allows eviction if an owner will be living in the building. Kihagi claimed that a family member who also had an interest in the homeowners company was moving in, which the family lawyer said never happened.

The family moved into a two-bedroom home on rent that was almost three times what they paid for the apartment, according to their lawsuit.

In 2017, a jury awarded them more than $ 3.5 million, which reduced a pre-trial court to $ 2.7 million.

In its 3-0 ruling confirming this award, the First District Court of Appeals said landlords “ignored or delayed responses to maintenance and servicing issues, were uncommunicative and uncooperative, and became increasingly hostile.”

The decision included removing recycling bins, refusing to repair a leaky water heater, blocking access to a laundry room, and turning off electricity.

Messages requesting comments from a lawyer representing Kihagi were not immediately returned.

It is the latest of many legal disputes between Kihagi, who once owned nearly a dozen apartment buildings in San Francisco.

City Attorney Dennis Herrera once described Kihagi as “a ruthless predator who targets tenants in rent-controlled homes for harassment and eviction, and weed out seniors and people with disabilities for particularly despicable abuse.”

In 2017, Kihagi was fined $ 5.5 million in a city attorney’s lawsuit.

A judge said Kihagi and her co-defendants exhibited “an ongoing pattern of bad faith harassment, retaliation and fraud” directed against tenants.

The properties were ordered by a court and some of them were sold.

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A San Francisco landlord who was once described as an “unscrupulous predator” who allegedly tried to evict tenants from a rental apartment has paid them $ 2.7 million, a state appeals court ruled.

The court upheld the award last month in a 2015 lawsuit filed by Dale Duncan and Marta Munoz Mendoza, who lived in the building with their daughter.

The lawsuit alleged that a company controlled by Anne Kihagi harassed her for more than a year to force her out of her apartment in order to attract higher-paying tenants.

They were eventually forced to vacate the building when the landlord filed an “owner eviction,” which allows eviction if an owner will be living in the building. Kihagi claimed that a family member who also had an interest in the homeowners company was moving in, which the family lawyer said never happened.

The family moved into a two-bedroom house with a rent that was almost three times what they paid for the apartment, according to their lawsuit.

In 2017, a jury awarded them more than $ 3.5 million, which reduced a pre-trial court to $ 2.7 million.

In its 3-0 ruling confirming this award, the First District Court of Appeals said landlords “ignored or delayed responses to maintenance and servicing issues, were uncommunicative and uncooperative, and became increasingly hostile.”

The decision included removing recycling bins, refusing to repair a leaky water heater, blocking access to a laundry room, and turning off electricity.

Messages requesting comments from a lawyer representing Kihagi were not immediately returned.

It is the latest of many legal disputes between Kihagi, who once owned nearly a dozen apartment buildings in San Francisco.

City Attorney Dennis Herrera once described Kihagi as “a ruthless predator who targets tenants in rent-controlled homes for harassment and eviction, and weed out seniors and people with disabilities for particularly despicable abuse.”

In 2017, Kihagi was fined $ 5.5 million in a city attorney’s lawsuit.

A judge said Kihagi and her co-defendants exhibited “an ongoing pattern of bad faith harassment, retaliation and fraud” directed against tenants.

The properties were ordered by a court and some of them were sold.

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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – A San Francisco landlord who was once described as an “unscrupulous predator” who allegedly tried to evict tenants from a rented apartment pays them $ 2.7 million, a state appeals court ruled.

The court upheld the award last month in a 2015 lawsuit filed by Dale Duncan and Marta Munoz Mendoza, who lived in the building with their daughter.

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The lawsuit alleged that a company controlled by Anne Kihagi harassed her for more than a year to force her out of her apartment in order to attract higher-paying tenants.

They were eventually forced to vacate the building when the landlord filed an “owner eviction,” which allows eviction if an owner will be living in the building. Kihagi claimed that a family member who also had an interest in the homeowners company was moving in, which the family lawyer said never happened.

The family moved into a two-bedroom house with a rent that was almost three times what they paid for the apartment, according to their lawsuit.

In 2017, a jury awarded them more than $ 3.5 million, which reduced a pre-trial court to $ 2.7 million.

In its 3-0 ruling confirming this award, the First District Court of Appeals said landlords “ignored or delayed responses to maintenance and servicing issues, were uncommunicative and uncooperative, and became increasingly hostile.”

The decision included removing recycling bins, refusing to repair a leaky water heater, blocking access to a laundry room, and turning off electricity.

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Messages requesting comments from a lawyer representing Kihagi were not immediately returned.

It is the latest of many legal disputes between Kihagi, who once owned nearly a dozen apartment buildings in San Francisco.

City Attorney Dennis Herrera once described Kihagi as “a ruthless predator who targets tenants in rent-controlled homes for harassment and eviction, and weed out seniors and people with disabilities for particularly despicable abuse.”

In 2017, Kihagi was fined $ 5.5 million in a city attorney’s lawsuit.

A judge said Kihagi and her co-defendants exhibited “an ongoing pattern of bad faith harassment, retaliation and fraud” directed against tenants.

The properties were ordered by a court and some of them were sold.

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NAPA (KPIX) – A judge has ordered an elderly sexually violent predator to be brought to San Francisco after a strong public outcry over its proximity to Napa County’s children and schools.

Charles Leroy Christman was first assigned to the California Department of Mental Health back in 1997 after being convicted of sexually assaulting boys between the ages of 7 and 14. The 76-year-old was released to Walnut Creek in 2015 and re-admitted to Coalinga State Hospital after allegedly trying to contact a boy at a community center.

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Christman was released to a residence in Coombsville last October, sparking a wave of opposition.

Napa residents sent 500 letters and a petition with 793 signatures to the Napa District Attorney’s Office demanding that Christman be taken to San Francisco, where the crimes were committed. They indicated that 62 children and two schools were near his home at 4018 E. 3rd Avenue.

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On Monday, the San Francisco Supreme Court ordered Christman to be relocated to a San Francisco address on or before April 25, adding that the move had been announced and had no objections.

Deputy District Attorney Agnes Dziadur, who handled the case, praised the court’s decision.

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“This change of heart by the San Francisco Supreme Court is testament to our office’s commitment to notifying the Napa community, providing a mechanism for boosting the neighborhood voices, and the patience to go through the correct procedures to ensure Mr. Christman has an appropriate placement – outside of Napa County, ”Dziadur said.

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