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Temecula code enforcement officer Jean Voshall prepares to post a violation notice on this vacant house on Kingston Drive. Voshall is part of a team of inspectors who follow up on complaints of code violations such as dead lawns, junk cars and algae-clogged swimming pools that incubate mosquitoes. The goal is to help keep up neighborhood home values and the appearance of houses emptied because of the ongoing mortgage meltdown.

Code Enforcement officer Jean Voshall

( Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times )

Temecula code enforcement officer Jean Voshall prepares to post a violation notice on this vacant house on Kingston Drive. Voshall is part of a team of inspectors who follow up on complaints of code violations such as dead lawns, junk cars and algae-clogged swimming pools that incubate mosquitoes. The goal is to help keep up neighborhood home values and the appearance of houses emptied because of the ongoing mortgage meltdown.

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