STOCKTON — An apartment complex in Stockton has been without a working elevator for two weeks, leaving some residents trapped on their floors.
Casa Manana Inn is an income-restricted senior apartment complex with 163 units and one elevator, but the issue is that the elevator is out of service.
“I can go 24 hours, 72 hours but not two weeks,” resident Kevin Golden said.
He suffered a stroke and is now disabled. Since he uses a mobility chair, he can’t get down the stairs from his 4th-floor apartment.
Golden said he’s been relying on his friends and neighbors to take his small dog out, and he said he wouldn’t know what he’d do if it weren’t for grocery delivery services. He has a name for his two-week confinement.
“Kevin Fever. I’ve called my doctors and moved my appointments,” he said.
Golden said he called management daily, but they just told him the same thing over and over. They’re waiting for elevator parts to arrive from the East Coast. However, he thinks the issue runs deeper.