Just wondering if anyone has ever read the "Family Obligation" piece of the Section 8 Family Briefing Packet.  You can read it here: http://64.143.89.96/Documents/HCV/Briefing%20Packet.pdf .  I'm sure that these complainants broke these rules - otherwise the CAT Team would not have been called.  The only solution I can think of is that maybe we need to start letting the Housing Authority of Contra Costa County know directly when there is a problem.  That way THEY can get flooded with calls and use their resources and good names fending off the ACLU.  You can file complaints directly with them at http://www.contracostahousing.org/allegation_form.htm.  

Certainly not UCBN, they have assisted people who ran into a dead end with Beaurocrats not wanting to see the reality of the crimes that crept into their communities,  the section #8 problem rental houses, the blight etc.   Thanks to many in our community we now have a Rental Inspection program to keep slumlords accountable and our blocks blight free :}    Many members of UCBN have complained for years and now all the problems are widely known,  no more political heads in the sand beholden to special interest developers and realtors.....then came the meltdown.    It is reality Gursky.  Of course realtors do not want you to disclose crimes in areas where  there trying to sell  a house.     It's moot at this point with all the foreclosures.    If you are really have the area at heart, in your words...you should be concerned about the huge increase in rental properties within our CITY as foreclosures become rentals.   That and empty storefronts will be the next big problems for our City leaders, law enforcement and residents to deal with . I and many others in "your area" have reported graffittee, gang tagging, vandalism of homes, casing of homes,  suspicious ativities,   illegal vehicles-using City Streets,  Theft of Christmas lights,  illegal dumping on City Property,  drug dealing in pocket parks just blocks from your home, etc...etc...   "OFEC is not the only game in town as your very aware" As one of the founding families in Brentwood relayed to me....."Brentwood is no longer a 3 horse town" .     "Greed and the uncontrolled growth caused the problems we have in Brentwood" We never had armed or bank robberies before all the building began.    If you had the area at heart, perhaps maybe you would not have sold out and sold land to a developer??  Thats a bit hypocritical to many intelligent residents.  Which is it ?? keep the small town intact, or sell out with uncontrollable growth and increased crime???   I am a capitalist at heart, so more power to you if made money, selling real estate and land,  but don't sit on a high horse telling anyone their "Anti" for reporting crimes and getting the word out so crime can be eradicated.... that smacks of Hypocrisy...    As for self serving posts, at every chance you get,  you mention your business in the blogs Clayton has pointed that out to many times to count......whats up with that...In my book that is self serving at its best.       Those moving to Brentwood for its small town charm and ?? "safety" wish to keep it that way along with many old timers(no offense)  By exposing crime and notifying neighborhoods of crime in their area  is not being  "Anti" anything, it is reality and definatley not "Anti Brentwood"  It is what neighborhood and crime watch groups do across America.   Alert neighbors so they can be vigilent and even prevent other crimes for occuring.  People support their cities and communities in many ways...some volunteer at nursing homes,  support our troops, work at the polls, some run in Cancer Marathons, and others report crime and get the word out to keep their neighborhoods safe.   Take your pick, its all good... "Fish swim both directions in a fast current, until their caught in the middle by the expert angler"    how appropo.   

hi bja i am a first generation immigrant and came to antioch in 89. one of the reasons i like america is...if i work hard, i can some bucks. one way is to buy a second/ third house and rent it out (i don't have rentals!) to hold those people responsible for a few who can not live within a community is simply wrong. that's all i am saying. we, the citizen of antioch, need to direct our "anger"? not against law abiding citizen, rather point out the one's who do wrong. i still don't understand the section 8 process, but more important, i don't understand why there are high concentrations of section 8 housings in certain areas of the city.

i think that %70 of welfare/sec8 are fraud cases the system is rampent with lazy sunsa [bleep]#@s who wont work and the eighters are most of the problem here ive always said it ive always believed it.oh and mail box money not only do i work my as# off every day and pay federal taxes to support vermin like you i do receive mail box money from the veterans administration for injuries i i endured while serving my country for 10 yrs,and i dont mind my federal dollars going to support you as long as you are trying help your self.