SAN DIEGO — Residents of Sea Drift Way in Ocean View Hills are expressing relief after San Diego Police finally intervened in a months-long hoarding situation that had been causing distress in the neighborhood. The issue came to a head last Friday when police towed multiple vehicles and relocated the individual responsible to a shelter, following repeated complaints from neighbors and an inquiry by CBS 8.
Lisa Golden, a former resident of a nearby house that had previously been the subject of hoarding complaints, had apparently moved to living out of her cars on Sea Drift Way after a judge ordered the sale of her original property. Neighbors reported that Golden’s vehicles were filled with trash, rotting food and various items, creating unsanitary conditions and unpleasant odors.
“Mountains and mountains of stuff… rotten food… and there was a smell that emanated from it. There really was,” said Jonathan Torres, who lives across the street from the parked cars. “And I just tried to stay away from it, but even so, in the morning, I would pass by and get a whiff of all the stuff in there because she kept the windows down.”…