[Updated: Thu., Apr. 5, 2023, 9:19 a.m.]
County Supervisor Laura Capps declared that the recent eviction notices served on tenants of three apartment complex in Isla Vista is a “Code Red for me and my staff.” More importantly, she said, it constituted “Code Red” for as many as 1,000 tenants of the buildings just purchased by a Chicago-based investment company, Core Spaces. It was, she said, the largest mass eviction taking place in the entire state.
Core Spaces purchased the three apartment complexes better known as CBC & The Sweeps — with 264 combined units — on March 16 and serviced eviction notices within a matter of days. Echoing Capps’s sense of urgency was Supervisor Das Williams, who highlighted the fact that any displaced tenants would be eligible for up to $7,000 in relocation assistance from the owners.