Water System Under Siege

As long as 1) each home owner maintains their shut off valve and 2)  there is a meter on the residence side of the shut off valve to measure water use AND act as  tool for leak detection -- this is a very good way to share the expensive portions of well , which include the casing, well pump and pipe, the holding tank, and some pressure pumps.  

But what happens if a person living in one of the homes on the well system lives by themselves, they grow old with no caretaker, they lose their sanity or act as if they have as a defense mechanism, while growing to view all others on their system as irrelevant? 

And then, what if water in her yard and in the neighbors and that running down the road suggests she's got a leak -- but an attempt to work with her to help she and allof us out resulted in a false police report with a charge of  criminal trespassing because she seems to  have 1) forgotten she asked for help due to mental health issues or 2)  used an age old tactic of repulsion to avoid responsibility for problems found in her yard -- including lightweight pvc pipes and a french drain that concealed leaks and diverted water to the neighbors property.    What happens then?

I never got another email from Social Services nor a phone call.  For all I know my complaint went straight into the garbage can. 

Charlie, however, got two unannounced visits from a Social Worker who called from his gate and asked for immediate meetings -- in the exact manner which they were asked not to do. 

That lead to a meeting at 730 La Guardia Street with Monterey County Social Worker Mayra Calderon and Social Work Supervisor Clara Vargas, MSW -- and the most concerning part about that was their initial desire to speak with Charlie by himself, while stating NEITHER had seen any part of the email or the attached documents that had been sent in via my complaint process. 

So exactly what happened to my complaint email and documents, at who's request was the meeting and what was their real goal?

I challenged them on that several times and they refused several times, until eventually Vargas blurted out they were investigating the Construction concern, not the shared water system concern -- while again saying she had seen nothing I had submitted and without knowing I had an entire website dedicated to that that I was going to share when someone reached out to us with concern.  ( https://publishing.bryancanary.com/more/predatory-contractors ) . 

From that point on, the meeting just got more bizarre. Calderon stating law mandated they make unannounced visits for all complaints filed yet when she was told she'd be asked for those statutes she indicated she was not an attorney and didn't practice law.  When asked what she sought to get from Charlie by himself with regards to the contractor matter,  she said she would be assessing his ability to engage in a contract. When asked if she knew what statutes defined how a contract was formed in California and what the requirements were for a contract, she again stated he was not an attorney and didn't practice law. 

After two odd, one on one interviews with Charlie and his Brother and avoiding the same with me, the guy who had produced the 10+ emails with the DA and CSLB Coordinator in cc which showed a shake down scheme in real time, Calderon made her final suggestions to us.  She suggested we call the "Better Business Bureau" and the "FTC".  the form she had included the option to recommend the DA and the Sherriff, but oddly that was not her recommendation for 35,000 contractor fraud scheme where the contractor himself was writing Charlies checks and had had done under 2k of work, drawn 11k and was demanding another 6k -- all caught in writing. 

What has just been described can only be explained away as 1) insanity and/or 2) gross corruption in the Aging and Adult Services Division of Monterey County.    

When the complaint was filed with Social Services, the brazen nature of the criminals in the contractor fraud scheme was so bold, it seemed obvious there had to be corruption somewhere in the Elder Services department.  Those criminals  feared no-one and nothing, even when 3 DA's and the Commissioner of the CSLB were added to the email string they were using for extortion.  They knew something everyone else did not. 

This complaint process allowed us to test Social Services in two different ways, not one.  They failed both.  What are the odds of that?  What could possibly be the cause?

Water System Under Seige

Water is flowing from the yard in property 1 onto the road. Water is also appearing in the yard just below her home associated with here neighbor.  The water is believed to be coming from leaks in the mainline between her main valve and her home, but it also could be coming from pipes in her crawl.  It also could be from a spring, but without being able to safely turn off her system and test her system, no other possibilities can be tested easily. 

The owner of 16  Bayview Road has had problems for decades communicating with her estranged husband, people she hired for yard work, tenants she took in and neighbors above and below here.  At one point she had tenants staying in a trailer in her back yard, and the septic system they were using consisted of a bucket above grade connected to a leach line.  The Environmental Healthy Bureau engaged to stop that particular situation but no fines were issued and she then continued to rent out the trailer while presumably jusut concealing the bucket a bit better.   In another situation,  the police had to be called because she was discharging a fire arm in her back yard for target practice. 

The other 8 people on the system can NOT turn off the system for any maintenence and repairs without concern for contamination .  The people at 14, 12 and 10 bayview road are experience flooding in their yards.  The water system is incurring higher electricity usage since this situation started, suggesting there are active leaks now on the system. 

She fully ignored a civil demand, which was only written after other letters, notices and an attempt to support her failed.  And it was not written for her. It was written for her estranged husband or anyone who might understand the gravity of the situation she had put us all in. 

This is NOT a matter for the 8 households to pursue in "Civil Court".  If she ignored teh Civil Demand she will just ignore a Civil Complaint, or worse, she may engage with an Attorney who tells her he can fight it for her, while running up a legal bill sky high, knowing he can just lein her home and collect when she passes.  And if we were to get it served, and she were to no-show in court,  the Judges in Monterey County don't issue default judgements as they should and in this case, we need injunctions and the support of Social Services and/or the Sherriff all of which the District Attorney of Monterey County is far more suited to lead. 

We are paying obscene money to the county for taxes. Employees at the County are being paid obscene money for services. and what we are getting in return is vacant. 

Predatory Contractors on the Prowl

With regards to the Contractors,  that's a concern for all Elders, and suggesting a call to the "Better Business Bureau" and the "FTC" was about the most wrong thing Social Services could have possibly suggested. That gives rise to far more questions than answers and it makes curious minds woner if they know who they are in fact providing cover for. 

20251021 - Notice to all of water in the road and brief dialogue with Marlene

20251012 -  Notice to Marlene of concerns specific to her

20251027 - Statement of Facts for Sherriff

20251103 - Notice to Marlene of Sherriff dialogue and Yard scan with authorization  (she did not return authorization)

20251106 - Notice to Marlene of Scan results  and digging around valve (that exposed the concealed French drain that would have masked yard leaks)

20251227 -  Demand to Marlene - Cover Letter 

20251227 - Demand to Marlene 

20251231 - Proof of Delivery (Certified, but also have priority mail proof 

20260107  -  Email to Elder Services (Social Services) - 1) Water System Hostage  and 2) Predatory Contractors

20260112 -  Emails showing confirmation and Delivery of SOC341 

< -- meeting with social services that was scheduled through Charlie and Jack -- >

20260224 - 1st Email to Social Services after meeting  and Attached Letter

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