Elevator not working for 5 weeks at Oakland apartment building; tenants turn to I-Team

The elevator has been out-of-service for more than a month at a six-story apartment building near Lake Merritt in Oakland. Some residents feel trapped, especially the elderly in wheelchairs living on the higher floors. They’ve been unable to get answers from the company that owns the building, so the residents contacted the I-Team’s Dan Noyes, and now, things appear to be moving.

We see these situations again and again. A serious problem persists, but then we start making phone calls and somehow, the wheels start rolling…

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