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Home My WebLink About1344 S Diamond Bar Blvd #B(0014)From: Raymond Tao Se nt: Wednesday, October 29, 2025 7:15:20 PM To: Adam Brett Subje ct: Re: 1344 S Diamond Bar Blvd #B Se ns itivity: Normal Attachme nts : image001.jpg ;image002.png ; Good evening Adam, Could you please update me on what’s going on at the property? We are still getting complaints. R aymond Tao l Building Official City of D iamond Bar l Building and Safety Division 21810 Copley Drive l Diamond Bar, CA 91765-4178 909.839.7021 l 909.396.7486 (f) www.DiamondBarCA.gov O n Sep 19, 2025, at 2:29 PM, Adam Brett <realtoradam@gmail.com> wrote: **DO NOT open unknow n links or any attachments w ithout confirming w ith IS or the sender directly.** CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Good afternoon Raymond. I just wanted to follow up with you and let you know the formal Judgement for Eviction has been signed by the judge. I have attached it for your file. Thank you Adam Freilich O n Wed, Sep 17, 2025 at 2:45 PM Raymond Tao <RTao@diamondbarca.gov> wrote: Good afternoon Adam, Thank you for the detailed report on the history at the property. There is a lot to this so as mentioned, I will share this with other staff so they are aware of the circumstances. Thank you again for your assistance. Ra ym ond Ta o l Building Offic ial City of Dia m ond Ba r l Building and Safety Division 21810 Copley Drive l Diamond Bar, CA 91765-4178 909.839.7021 l 909.396.7486 (f) www.Diamon d BarCA .g ov <image 001.jpg> <image002.png> From: Adam Brett <re al toradam@gmai l.com> Sent: We dne sday, Septe mber 17, 2025 12:28 PM To: Raymond Tao <RTao@DiamondBarCA.Gov> Subject: 1344 S Diamond Bar Bl vd #B **DO NOT open unknow n links or any attachments w ithout confirming w ith IS or the sender directly.** CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Mr. Tao, Thank you for calling me this morning. Per our conversation here is the information requested and an explanation of the current status of their tenancy and my ability to do anything at the property. All of the tenants' complaints are in retaliation for evicting them in order for us to remove the property from the rental market and sell it. We filed an Unlawful Detainer Eviction Case a while ago on February 10, 2025 and the tenants were able to continuously delay the trial until early this month where we had a Jury Trial at the West Covina Courthouse that lasted 4 days. The last day of trial was on Sept. 3, 2025 and the jury found in favor of us with a unanimous verdict. I have attached the court ruling in the document named E111038525. We are waiting on the judgement and writ to be signed by the judge and once that is done it will be delivered to the LA Sheriff Dept for posting and scheduling a lockout date. I don't know the exact timing but I was informed it could be as soon as 3 weeks and at most 6 weeks until they are removed from the property. At this point they have not paid any rent since December of last year and have no right to stay in the property. They have tried to file complaints with multiple public entities including the California Civil Rights Division which fully investigated their complaint and dismissed it due to insufficient evidence. I have attached that document named 2025.6.5.Final.N CC. In addition, they have filed a restraining order against me personally - which per an officer of the court - precludes me from any contact in any way either directly or indirectly. So I cannot send anyone to the property in any way to do anything. I know they have said they are willing to let us in to do work, however in the restraining order it specifically states that, "Even if the protected person invites or consents to contact with the restrained person, this order remains in effect and must be enforced." I have attached this page from the restraining order named Restraining Order Contact. As for their claims of Asbestos contamination in the unit. At this time there is no confirmed asbestos. Also, their claim that the SCAQ MD inspector put up caution tape is a lie. The inspector did not put that up, they did. O n May 9, 2025 SCAQ MD came out to the property due to the tenant requesting an emergency repair of a water leak in an upstairs bathroom which caused water to drip from the ceiling in the living room on the ground level. As this was an emergency repair we proceeded to clear the area of any furniture, put down plastic sheeting across the entire room which we taped to the walls and draped over any ancillary furniture on the periphery of the room, and proceeded to open 3 very small areas in the ceiling to search for the leak. The total area of ceiling we opened is approximately 3 square feet. We discovered the tenants were purposely causing the damage by putting water behind the flange on the shower head stem. Almost immediately upon opening the ceiling the tenants had SCAQMD there (like it was planned in advance). We were told to get a survey from a Certified Asbestos Consultant which we did within 5 days on May 14th. We delivered the report to SCAQ MD and it was approved on May 20, 2025. At some point in the beginning of July, the tenants filed a complaint with Cal O SHA about the Certified Asbestos Consultant (Environmental Monitoring Group) who is fully licensed, current and in good standing with Cal OSHA and every licensing board. The tenants were able to convince Cal O SHA the survey should be invalidated (I was never told the reason). This means at this time there is no confirmed asbestos anywhere on the property as we were told that it is like the prior survey never existed.. If you need to confirm everything I am saying, you can call Richard Lavin, who is the Chief Environmental Health Specialist for the Los Angeles Department of Public Health. He can be reached at 323.482.6462 or via email at rlavin@ph.lacounty.gov. He will confirm he spoke with the SCAQMD inspector who stated due to the invalidation of the survey there is no confirmed asbestos. As I mentioned, the area of disturbed ceiling is less than 3 square feet in total and the actual material that was cut into was only about 10 square inches if taking the 1/4 inch cutting area over the entirety of the removed ceiling. I have attached pictures showing the area removed, and the plastic covering the area and furniture. To recap. The tenants caused the asbestos survey to be invalidated which stopped progress on any repairs. They filed a restraining order against me which then precludes me from sending out anyone to the property for any reason. So regardless, they are in a situation of their own making. This is a civil issue and they are running out of people to complain to. They tried to bring up this very issue at the Unlawful Detainer trial and it was summarily rejected. They tried to bring it up with the California Department of Civil Rights - that too was investigated and dismissed. They tried to bring it up with the LA Dept of Public Health who determined there are no violations at the property I am responsible for. I am sorry for this long winded email, however I wanted to make sure you have all the information. Should you require any else, please do not hesitate to reach out. Best Regards. Adam Freilich <Judgement.pdf> image001.jpg DIAMOND BAR image002.png