15. Landlord Hitesh Patel said that residential hotels are not apartment buildings, and that the commercial rates they pay are higher. He asked why hotel operators have to reimburse tenants $75.00 for a lost ID, when the replacement cost is only $21.00; especially when tenants use fake IDs that they fraudulently claim were not given back. Most of Mr. Patel’s tenants are drug dealers and he believes they would not be able to read a written 86 policy, or would tear it up.
Ok, so he admitted it…at the City Hall Rent Board last year (item 15)
Bonus!
ok, so follow the money..The drug dealers finance the Patels, and the Patels finance….the District Attorney?
from this article on the conflict of interest
Ah, it’s starting to make sense now. As long as the crack dealers don’t physically hand the district attorney 100 dollar bills, then it’s not considered bribery?
Kamala Harris’s Slumlord Supporters
DATE DONOR AMOUNT
9/26/03 Surf Motel $500
9/26/03 New Pacific Hotel $100
9/26/03 Franciscan Hotel $200
9/26/03 Drake Hotel $100
9/26/03 Sailesh Patel (1) $100
9/26/03 Elm Hotel $100
9/26/03 Roger Naran Patel (2) $100
9/26/03 Mission Hotel $100
9/26/03 Hotel San Francisco $150
9/26/03 Albert Hotel $100
9/26/03 JLAREM Hotel $100
9/26/03 Dipak Patel (3) $100
9/26/03 Ratilal Patel (4) $100
9/26/03 Jashvant Patel (5) $100
9/26/03 Jefferson Hotel Enterprise $100
9/26/03 Adrian Hotel $100
9/26/03 S.F. Travellers Inn Hotel $150
9/26/03 Pierre Hotel $200
10/10/03 Prabhaben Hotel $100
10/10/03 Vijay Patel (6) $200
10/14/03 Rashmikant Gajiwala (7) $100
10/14/03 Naresh Patel (8) $100
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(1) owner, Krishna Hotel
(2) manager, Caldrake Hotel
(3) manager, Norma Hotel
(4) manager, Elk Hotel
(5) manager, Fairfax Hotel
(6) owner, Alder Hotel
(7) manager, Normandie Hotel
(8) owner, Day’s Inn (610 Geary)
(source: Kamala Harris for District Attorney Form 460 (9/21-10/18/2003)