It took 2 ½ months but there has finally been some great work done to 953 Jackson Street . Since Labor Day weekend 953 Jackson Street has been painted, the windows were replaced, the car was removed, they built a new fence and cleaned up the yard. It is an amazing transformation. You should drive by & see what the owner arranged with contractors from San Diego. According to the San Diego contractor it still needs significant structural work before it can be rented but we are hopeful that will happen.

947 Jackson Street is still up in the air – literally! It was raised up into the air on wooden cribbing almost 11 months ago. Our monthly photographs show that very, very little work has ever been done. Unfortunately we have no progress to report at this time.

I wanted to thank Ann Chaney and her staff for keeping us updated, Barbara Chambers for gathering so many signatures on the petition, all the people in the City of Albany who signed the petition & supported us, Gail Williamson who provided invaluable experience & advice and Mindi Ritzman who organized & motivated us.

Sincerely, Jennifer Dyment

Did it ever occur to you “neighborcrates” to call the police, have the car ticketed for encroaching the public right of way? I made one call to parking control and solved your problem for you. (Now I can hear the appaluase)
Second, did it ever occur to your block to do the cleanup yourselvs and send the owner, whose info is easily found, a bill?
Gee wizz folks, it only took me 16 hours to do it all.

Well I guess not, since it is way easier to vetch and complain, than do any really hard work yourselves. What ever happend to the concept of ‘love thy neighbor’ and ‘caring for one’s fellow man?’

So I will say it; in tough times like these, isn’t it nice to pitch in and help your fellow man? Or do we only care about bankcrupting our state and county coffers to help illegal immigrants get a better life!

Hopefully you are ALL satified and can go pick on other ugly poorly maintained homes in your town. After it is all said and done let it be known that the mistakes your posting contained are numerous and NO apology was ever printed about the errors.

The property at 955 Jackson St. Owned by Ed Krammer is still not cleared for fire safety and rodents like 953 Jackson has been. Why is it, that after three solid weeks no clearing has begun at 955 Jackson, except for the car being moved and a few motorbikes being salvaged from the rear yard. Go pick on Ed Kramer and his wife. They have a brand new DP Cruiser w/ disabled plates.

A far as I can see, they are the culprites too but never mentioned. Their yard is not maintained even after the city, the fire marshall ordered a manadatory clearing of all noxiuos weeds and plants!

As well, during my clearing sessions at 953 Jackson, I discovered that the neighbors at 951 Jackson have been using the driveway of 953 Jackson St. to store their junk, and were supposed to be doing the maintenance in front of 953 Jackson, but failed to do so. Since they own the cafe at La Pena Cultural center on Shattuck Ave. Berkeley, you can go complain to them in person.

Now do you have a clearer picture of the situation on your block?
The owner of 953 Jackson is almost 80 years old and caring daily for a very sick relaltive. He is not living the good life in SoCal, as your earlier posting implied.
DO YOUR HOMEWORK PEOPLE and go after the real villians in your town, your county and your state.

Respectfully yours,
sb well
owner SaChi

good luck/good fortune to you all…

A correction to the picture captions – the green car that is partially blocking the sidewalk is actually in the driveway of 955 Jackson not 953.

Thank you for helping us publicize these problems. The house at Talbot & Dartmouth and these 2 houses on our street are NOT the only nuisance properties in Albany. We hope this attention will spur the City to be more proactive instead of waiting for neighbors to create petitions.

Please join us on June 15 at 7:30PM at the City Council meeting!

How about obtaining the owners’ names and filing a public nuisance in small claims court. That may get their attention.

Perhaps the car parked over the sidewalk can be towed. Seems like a no-brainer.