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Tenants in East Oakland are suing their landlord, who they said threatened them with immigration enforcement to force them out of their homes.
The plaintiffs alleged that Bay Area-based investor Darrick Chavis, who last May bought the properties where they live, offered them $5,000 to move out — much lower than what Oakland law requires for buy-out offers. They said that after they refused that offer, he began a monthslong harassment campaign to drive them out…