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This May 14, 2017 photo shows the Clean Wash Center in San Francisco, California. The San Francisco district attorney is suing the owner and occupant of a building where he says 20 people lived in squalid, unsafe conditions in the basement of the commercial laundromat. The San Francisco Chronicle reported that the lawsuit, filed Tuesday, Aug. 22, accuses the owner and anchor tenant of the building in the city's Mission District of violating fire, electrical, plumbing and other municipal codes. (San Francisco Chronicle via AP Santiago Mejia)
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SAN FRANCISCO – The San Francisco district attorney is suing the owner and occupant of a building where he says 20 people lived in squalid, unsafe conditions in the basement of a commercial laundromat.
The San Francisco Chronicle reports that the lawsuit filed Tuesday accuses the owner and anchor tenant of the building in the city's Mission District of violating fire, electrical, plumbing and other municipal codes.
The fire department described the building as a death trap and described the fire code violations as egregious.
Firefighters discovered the residents while responding to an emergency call on Christmas Day last year. Inside, they found exposed plumbing, leaking pipes, a functioning shower, an infestation of rats and cockroaches, and illegally partitioned rooms.
The lawsuit says the tenants were charged between $300 and $900 each.
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Information from: San Francisco Chronicle, http://www.sfgate.com
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