California city attorney sues landlord after 52-day outage trapped elderly, disabled tenants

California city attorney sues landlord after 52-day outage trapped elderly, disabled tenants

The City of Oakland, California, is escalating its fight with a major landlord after elderly and disabled residents at an affordable apartment building were left without working elevators for 52 consecutive days in the summer of 2025. At the La Peralta apartment building, tenants said the problem posed real danger rather than mere inconvenience. Residents explained that losing elevator access effectively left some people stranded inside their ho…