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They came inside and had to watch, because they had threatened my life. pulled guns on me there. so they knew. i told them everything. >> who pulled a gun on you, shelly? >> i told them everything. oh, one 6 dericks friends. a police report. everybody called the police. >> so you were assured the police were well aware this was a residential space that should not have been one, no doubt? >> yes, yes. they were well aware. i told them. >> when? in the spring? >> two years ago. they knew two years...

Cps was in there all the time. nobody did anything, and that was two years ago. >> stunning. >> im sure theyve been there since. this guys a criminal. not just an addict. hes a criminal. he knew. derick knew. >> shelly, thank you so much. we really appreciate you being on with us and giving insight to what conditions were like inside and also someone listening to what shellys been telling us is noel gallo, an oakland city councilman, the warehouse is actually in this district. no nole, i hope im...

Had to pay to get a new one. there was -- you know, intermittent heat and electricity. people were in the hospital because they were sick with flu. i was sick with flu, several times in the hospital ba there was no heat. it was 30, 40 degrees. the kids were in there. they lived there. they had no shoes, and no coats and no hats. >> when youre talking about the children, youre talking about the children of the couple who ran this sort of -- >> yes. they lived somewhere else -- yes. they lived the...

Lived. so when i saw that there was a fire, my daughter-in-law posted it on facebook, and i saw there was a fire and i didnt recognize the building and then i scrolled down and saw the address so i knew what it was. i expected it to be shut down a long time ago. i called the police three times myself. they escorted me out of that place when i was living there. so they were in there to escort me out. the police were there every single week when i was there, more than one time in a week. i called ...

When you say "they," youre talking about the couple? >> yes. derick ion and his wife. >> renting out an rv? >> yes. >> but inside? it was inside the building? >> inside. thats correct. >> then they tell you you need to pay $700 for more repairs. obviously, conditioning were not great. what were conditions like when talking about bathrooms, electricity, heat? >> we had one bathroom, which was in bad repair. so it was to go to fix that bathroom to install another bathroom and to fix up the place s...