Do eviction proceedings not function in Mountain View anymore? I would suspect that with so many protections to renters, it would take 6-8 months to actually get a non-paying tenant out.

But frustrations aside, the actions of the accused are pretty reprehensible.

This is so awful. This has nothing to do with rent control and i don't think we should take it there.

This is just an act from a terrible person with a serious poor judgment. I'm so glad they got arrested. Hopefully the long arm of the law will find out if she and her posse has done similar acs to other tenants.

unbelievable...

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I hope all of these thugs are prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. There is a system in place for eviction and although it's not perfect, these people should have followed it.

I hope the Voice follows this story and provides us with more detail on the number of months the tenants were behind and the history of the tenant/landlord relationship including the outcome of court proceedings.

Horrible and I hope the Mayor and the City Council will forcefully denounce these acts.

@Mountain View Voice - Not sure I would take at face value anything from that landlord and her "muscle". Might want to consider the following edit: "the residents,...., were *ALLEGEDLY* behind on their rent"

I don’t buy it. I’ve had tenants file completely phony complaints, alleging uninhabitable living conditions. Whatever was going on here, blame measure V. There is no incentive, whatsoever for a landlord to do such a thing,

I challenge the Voice to look at the true tragedy of measure V, as thousands of affordable housing units have been torn down and replaced by $million condos. All because measure V forces landlords to subsidize housing. Guess what? There’s no reason for landlords to own buildings that aren’t profitable. They take their money and run before the property values drop any more.