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That was operating this warehouse, sort of a, as sort of a co-op artist commune situation. different than the owners. that was how shelly was describing it. that when the owners might come by, there was an effort to hide the fact that people were living there. is that your understanding? >> i -- you know, we're -- you know, we -- i live a lock away and certainly i have seen people living there, and i know the individual that manages, i know the owner and certainly -- but i will tell you at the leadership role, the role that i currently play, that we are looking to put in the building inspector...

Cps was in there all the time. nobody did anything, and that was two years ago. >> stunning. >> i'm sure they've been there since. this guy's a criminal. not just an addict. he's 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 shelly's been telling us is noel gallo, an oakland city councilman, the warehouse is actually in this district. 'no nole, i hope i'm saying your name right. tell me if i am not. you heard what shelly said was the conditions. ...

Oakland's interim lanning dirpl director says only supposed to be use d as a warehouse, not toe people to live. my next guest did live inside the warehouse. thank you for being with us and tell us a little bit about this we warehouse, your experience there and some of the concerning that you had? >> yes, thank you. i moved in, in october 2015. because i was looking for a place. i had lost my previous place, high rent. i needed to place to stay that was close to work and to start up my jewelry business. i always made jewelry. i'm in textiles. i do jewelry. shortly after -- and i paid $700 to mo...

To stop investigating and searching in the building last night. because they could see that part of the building looked like it was leaning that should be straight and do not want to see anymore loss of life and looking at this. also an arson task force has been brought in and looking into a criminal investigation as well as far as the district attorney's office is concerned because they want to be prepared, know so far, 36 families are looking for answers. they want to make sure they can find all the clues they can inside the building. >> stephanie elam, keeping up updated there in oakland. t...