HomeMy WebLinkAboutLetter from Dave & Joy Casner - Code Enforcement Case No. CE17-0517 ADM N13 RAr1pN
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County of Butte QROVILL@,CALIP0RP4
Board of Supervisors
25 County Center Dr, Ste 200
Oroville, CA 95965
March 17, 2018
RE: Code Enforcement Case No. CE17-0517
To Whom It May Concern:
I am writing this letter on behalf of Lester Faris who I feel has been a victim of
unfortunate events, and I would like the Board of Supervisors to take another
look at this case to understand what Mr. Faris has gone through in the past year.
• On April 17, 2017 Mr. Faris entered into a 1 year lease with Cheng Yang.
• On August 2, 2017 Mr. Faris received from the Dept of Development a
Notice of Restriction of Cannabis Cultivation Notice to Abate Ordinance
Violation.
• On August 14, 2017 Mr. Faris had the Sheriff's Dept serve a 3-day Notice to
Quit to the tenants.
• On September 12, 2017 the tenants were served four documents: Unlawful
Detainer, Civil Case Cover Sheet, Exhibits, and Prejudgment Claim of Right
of Possession.
At this point, the tenants hired an attorney to deny all charges, which delayed any
further immediate action, allowing them time to cultivate their illegal crops and
leaving Mr. Faris unable to proceed, since he couldn't afford an attorney. He did
seek legal aid and did everything they instructed him to do. He made attempts to
send the tenant notices to say he wished to enter the premises, but the tenant
had put up an additional fence with a locked gate in front of the property and No
Trespassing signs. Mr. Faris was told if he entered onto the premises he would be
in violation of the law and could be sued for it.
I think it's quite obvious that Cheng Yang knew exactly what he was doing to get
his crop cultivated and marketed before any legal action could be taken against
him. Lester Faris, on the other hand, was taking every lawful action he could in
responding to the complaints filed against him from Butte County, and trying to
evict the tenants, as advised by legal services.
While this was all this was going on, Mr. Faris's wife contracted a viral flu and died
2 days after Christmas. His wife's children, (the beneficiaries of the house they
were residing in at the time in Live Oak) gave him notice, and he had to move so
they could sell the house. This left Mr. Faris with no place to live and no income
other than Social Security. The only thing he had of any value was the property at
533 Crystal Ranch Rd, Feather Falls, CA.
After the tenants finally left and he was allowed to go onto the premise, he found
they had virtually destroyed his property. They left huge piles of garbage, and also
threw trash all over the place. They put holes in his mobile home, destroyed most
of the inside, and shot holes in his 2000 gallon water holding tank. They used a
tractor to imake room for their crops and took no thought to, pushing over trees
and destroying the landscape. The tenants flattened one of the outbuildings, and
pushed over fences and tore gates off hinges. The pictures I have included will
show a lot of the, damage and debris. The money that Mr. Faris made on the lease
will not begin to cover the damage.
This piece of property is all that Lester Faris has left. The only thing he can do now
is clean up all the garbage and repair the damage that these "scumbags" left him
with. He has already begun cleaning up some of the debris, but it is going to be a
long process, and costly, and he is not a young man. I know that county rules and
regulations have to be followed, and fines and penalties are put in place to
discourage people from, wrongful actions, but in this case the criminals not only
avoided the penalties, but made lots of money in the process. The only thing Mr.
Faris did wrong was made a bad choice of people to lease to. Putting a lien
against his property will accomplish nothing but force him to lose the only thing
he owns, creating more of a hardship on him. I think he's paid enough already.
Thanks for your consideration in this matter,
ve and Joy Casner
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