East Palo Alto tenants worry about safety, smells after apartments flooded

Residents of an East Palo Alto apartment complex are expressing concerns about the safety of their building and communication with their property management after recent flooding waterlogged their apartments. When storms hit on October 22, residents at the Woodland Park Apartments at 430 East O Keefe Street said they began noticing water pouring into their homes. Rachel Anderson, who has lived in that apartment complex for five years, said the issues escalated by October 23. The roof caved through the roof that they’ve been fixin on for the last couple of months so it finally caved through, Anderson said. And when it came through, all the water was coming through, and it was coming through the walls, she continued. Tenants said this left their walls and floors soaked. The property owner vacated residents from their homes. East Palo Alto Mayor Webster Lincoln said that the city red-tagged all 58 units in that building. He said that city crews have worked