Nov 19, 2008 12:29 am US/Pacific
Sliding Houses Threaten Oakland Woman's Home
OAKLAND (CBS 5) ―
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This condemned East Oakland home is among three properties perched on a hillside for years, threatening Ying Gong's home below.
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For years, very little has been done about three condemned properties perched on an Oakland hillside that threatens a home below. On Tuesday night, the homeowner went to City Hall in a last-ditch effort to save her home.
In February, 2006 a landslide pulled the homes from their foundations and piled tons of dirt onto Ying Gong's home. Gong is angry at the City of Oakland because they initially approved a plan to demolish the sliding homes, then rejected the plan saying the demolition didn't meet city standards.
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