San Diego’s City Attorney is taking one 54th Street address to court, accusing operators of turning an Oak Park group home into a chronic problem spot that chews up police and medical resources and spits out trouble for the neighborhood.
In a lawsuit filed today, the city is asking a judge to brand the group home on the 3100 block of 54th Street a public nuisance. The complaint seeks to slam the brakes on new leasing and advertising at the house, hit the operators with steep civil penalties, and force them to fix health and code violations that neighbors say have turned the property into a recurring emergency scene.
What the complaint alleges
The lawsuit details a long-running drain on public safety resources. According to the filing, police recorded more than 190 calls to the address and officers logged over 532 hours responding to the home. The city alleges that tenants were crammed into tents outside and even into a laundry room, that as many as 15 people lived there at once, and that some were paying up to $900 a month for the privilege.
The complaint describes a grim catalog of alleged incidents at or tied to the property, including assaults, suspected overdoses and other medical emergencies. The suit links two homicides to the same address and recounts claims that one tenant threw gasoline on another person and that a 97-year-old woman was punched, according to CBS 8.
A deadly history at the address
The home’s track record already included at least one highly publicized killing. A fatal shooting on the 3100 block drew news coverage last winter, when local outlets reported a December 2024 homicide at a house on 54th Street, reinforcing the lawsuit’s claims about deadly violence tied to the site…