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A Northern California housing community will be hit with more than $22,000 in cleanup costs after the county refused to pick up the tab, according to KPIX.
The cleanup at the Lakewood community in Castro Valley comes more than two years after the encampment was first reported to Alameda County in October 2017, as it was unclear whether the land belonged too the County, East Bay Regional Parks or the Lakewood Home Owner’s Association.
Turns out, it was HOA land.
As such, Walsh Property Management, which oversees the homeowners association, will hit each homeowner in the 75-house development with a $300 charge to cover the cleanup. Its owner, Ed Walsh, told KPIX: “There are no fences and such that would mark where the property line ended, so we were kind of hoping that it was someone elseâs responsibility.”
Walsh said Alameda County told the HOA the encampment was in fact on their property in August of 2019, almost two years after the encampment first appeared.
The county also said the HOA is responsible to pay for the $20,000 cleanup.
Homeowners say the delay over property lines caused more waste to pile up, making it more expensive â so the county or Walsh Property Management should pay the bill. –KPIX
âUnfortunately this one happened to be on the associationâs property,â says Walsh.
The cleanup is expected to be done by mid-February, according to the report.